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Emiratia

Echinoidea - Emiratiidae

Taxonomy
Emiratia was named by Ali (1990). Its type is Emiratia raskhaimahensis.

It was assigned to Emiratiidae by Kroh and Smith (2010).

Species
E. raskhaimahensis (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1990Emiratia Ali p. 103
2010Emiratia Kroh and Smith

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
RankNameAuthor
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
superorderAcroechinoidea()
Carinacea
Calycina(Gregory 1900)
suborderPhymosomatoida()
familyEmiratiidae
genusEmiratiaAli 1990

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Emiratia Ali 1990
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitesubo
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: slow-movingsubo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalsubo
Diet: omnivoresubo
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-29 10:30:22
Modified: 2009-12-13 03:47:39
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Middle Albian to the top of the Cenomanian or 110.10000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Albian110.1 - 106.3Egypt E. raskhaimahensis (191703)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9United Arab Emirates E. raskhaimahensis (3792)