†Echinochimaera meltoni Lund 1977 (chimaera)
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Chondrichthyes - Chimaeriformes - Echinochimaeridae
Full reference: R. Lund. 1977. Echinochimaera meltoni new genus and species (Chimaeriformes), from the Mississippian of Montana. Annals of the Carnegie Museum 46:195-221
Belongs to Echinochimaera according to Lund 1977
Sister taxon: Echinochimaera snyderi
Type specimen: MV1 5371. Its type locality is MV 7106, Supercrop Quarry, Bear Gulch, which is in an Arnsbergian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal limestone in the Heath Formation of Montana.
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution: found only at MV 7106, Supercrop Quarry, Bear Gulch
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