Brookvalia is an extinct genus of prehistoric freshwater ray-finned fish that lived during the Middle Triassic epoch (Anisian stage).[2][1]
| 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 |
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It contains four species, all known from the Hawkesbury Sandstone near Brookvale, New South Wales, Australia.[3][4]
- †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.[5][6]
