Israelaria

Extinct genus of brachiopod From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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.

Order:Protorthida
Family:Protorthidae
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Israelaria
Temporal range: Early Cambrian
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Brachiopoda
Class: Rhynchonellata
Order: Protorthida
Family: Protorthidae
Genus: Israelaria
Cooper, 1976
Type species
Israelaria parnesi
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Etymology

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

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