Emiratia
Extinct genus of sea urchins
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Emiratia is a genus of extinct sea urchin known from the Cenomanian Maudad formation of the United Arab Emirates. It is known from only one species, Emiratia raskhaimahensis, and is placed in the family Emiratiidae. It was named by Ali, 1990.[1][2][3]
| Emiratia Temporal range: | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Echinodermata |
| Class: | Echinoidea |
| Order: | †Phymosomatoida |
| Family: | †Emiratiidae |
| Genus: | †Emiratia Ali, 1990 |
| Species: | †E. raskhaimahensis |
| Binomial name | |
| †Emiratia raskhaimahensis Ali, 1990 | |