Israelaria
Appearance
Israelaria Temporal range:
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Scientific 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
[edit]Israelaria is named after the state of Israel.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ 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 – via JSTOR.