Israelaria

Israelaria
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Brachiopoda
Class: Rhynchonellata
Order: †Protorthida
Family: †Protorthidae
Genus: †
Cooper, 1976
Type species
Israelaria parnesi

Israelaria is an extinct genus of protorthid brachiopod that lived in what is now Israel in the Cambrian period. It is a monotypic genus known from a single species, I. parnesi.

Etymology

Israelaria is named after the state of Israel.[1]

References

  1. ^ Cooper, G. Arthur (March 1976). "Lower Cambrian Brachiopods from the Rift Valley (Israel and Jordan)". Journal of Paleontology. 50 (2): 269–289. ISSN 0022-3360. JSTOR 1303495. Retrieved 5 October 2024.


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