Emiratia
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| Family: | †Emiratidae
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| Genus: | Emiratia
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| Species: | E. raskhaimensis
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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 raskhaimensis, and is placed in its own family, Emiratidae. It was named by Ali, 1990.[1][2]
References
- ^ "Emiratia". mindat.org.
- ^ Ali, Mohammed. "Cenomanian Echinoids from Ras al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates" (PDF). Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen. 179 (1): 97–116.