Brookvalia

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

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

†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.

See also

Prehistoric fish List of prehistoric bony fish

References