Brouweria
| Brouweria Temporal range: | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Elopiformes |
| Family: | Megalopidae |
| Genus: | †Brouweria de Beaufort, 1926 |
| Type species | |
| †Brouweria robusta de Beaufort, 1926, | |
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Brouweria is an extinct genus of prehistoric marine ray-finned fish related to the modern tarpon. It was named by L.F. de Beaufort (1926) and assigned the family "Elopsidae", though later studies have placed it in the family Megalopidae. It was discovered by geologist Hendrik Albertus Brouwer (of which the genus honors) after rock had been exploded to construct a road, from Miocene rocks near Putanuang Asue (Maros, Sulawesi).
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