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Brookvalia

Brookvalia is an extinct genus of prehistoric freshwater ray-finned fish that lived during the Middle Triassic epoch.

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Brookvalia
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Specimen of B. gracilis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Redfieldiiformes
Family: Brookvaliidae
Genus: Brookvalia
Wade, 1933
Synonyms
  • Beaconia Wade, 1935
  • Dictyopleurichthys Wade, 1935

Brookvalia is an extinct genus of prehistoric freshwater ray-finned fish that lived during the Middle Triassic epoch (Anisian stage).21

It contains four species, all known from the Hawkesbury Sandstone near Brookvale, New South Wales, Australia.34

  • B. gracilis Wade, 1933 (=B. parvisquamata Wade, 1933)
  • B. latipennis (Wade, 1935) (=Dictyopleurichthys latipennis Wade, 1935)
  • B. propennis Wade, 1933
  • B. spinosa (Wade, 1935) (=Beaconia spinosa Wade, 1935)

It was a member of the redfieldiiforms, a group of presumed basal neopterygians that were widespread during the Triassic.56

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