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Extinct genus of brachiopod

Israelaria
Temporal range: Early Cambrian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Brachiopoda
Class: Rhynchonellata
Order: †Protorthida
Family: †Protorthidae
Genus: †Israelaria
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.

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. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
Taxon identifiers
Israelaria


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