Brookvalia Temporal range:
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Specimen of B. gracilis | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | † Redfieldiiformes |
Family: | † Brookvaliidae |
Genus: | †
Brookvalia Wade, 1933 |
Synonyms | |
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Brookvalia is an extinct genus of prehistoric freshwater ray-finned fish that lived during the Middle Triassic epoch ( Anisian stage). [2] [1]
It contains four species, all known from the Hawkesbury Sandstone near Brookvale, New South Wales, Australia. [3] [4]
It was a member of the redfieldiiforms, a group of presumed basal neopterygians that were widespread during the Triassic. [5] [6]
Brookvalia Temporal range:
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Specimen of B. gracilis | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | † Redfieldiiformes |
Family: | † Brookvaliidae |
Genus: | †
Brookvalia Wade, 1933 |
Synonyms | |
|
Brookvalia is an extinct genus of prehistoric freshwater ray-finned fish that lived during the Middle Triassic epoch ( Anisian stage). [2] [1]
It contains four species, all known from the Hawkesbury Sandstone near Brookvale, New South Wales, Australia. [3] [4]
It was a member of the redfieldiiforms, a group of presumed basal neopterygians that were widespread during the Triassic. [5] [6]