Echinochimaera Lund 1977 (chimaera)

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

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Type: Echinochimaera meltoni

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at MV 7106, Supercrop Quarry, Bear Gulch (Carboniferous of Montana)

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