†Echinochimaera 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
Parent taxon: Echinochimaeridae according to J. S. Nelson 2006
See also Lund 1977 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Echinochimaera meltoni Echinochimaera snyderi
Type: Echinochimaera meltoni
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution: found only at MV 7106, Supercrop Quarry, Bear Gulch (Carboniferous of Montana)
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