Brookvalia Wade 1933 (ray-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Palaeonisciformes - Redfieldiidae

Alternative spelling: Broovalia

Synonyms: Beaconia Wade 1935, Dictyopleurichthys Wade 1935

Parent taxon: Redfieldiidae according to J. S. Nelson 2006

See also Schultze et al. 2021 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Cionichthys, Dictyopyge, Helichthys, Lasalichthys, Mauritanichthys, Redfieldius, Synorichthys

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Brookvalia in the database

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