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Echinochimaera meltoni

Chondrichthyes - Chimaeriformes - Echinochimaeridae

Taxonomy
Echinochimaera meltoni was named by Lund (1977). Its type specimen is MV1 5371 and is a 3D body fossil. 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. It is the type species of Echinochimaera.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1977Echinochimaera meltoni Lund

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassHolocephali(Bonaparte 1832)
superorderHolocephalomorphaLund 1986
orderChimaeriformesObruchev 1953
suborderEchinochimaeroidei
familyEchinochimaeridae
genusEchinochimaera
speciesmeltoni

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-21 06:54:26
Modified: 2009-07-21 08:54:26
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Wagner 2023

Age range: Arnsbergian or 326.90000 to 323.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Arnsbergian326.9 - 323.6USA (Montana) Echinochimaera meltoni (type locality: 116654)