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Echinochimaera meltoni Lund, 1977
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Taxonomy
Chimaera
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Order: Chimaeriformes
Family: Echinochimaeridae
Genus: Echinochimaera
Species: Echinochimaera meltoni
Author Citation LUND, 1977
Geological Time Scale
Eon: Phanerozoic
Era: Paleozoic
Period: Carboniferous
Sub Period: Mississippian
Epoch: Late
International Age: Serpukhovian
Stratigraphy
Big Snowy Group
Heath Formation
Bear Gulch Bed
Provenance
Acquired by: Purchase/Trade
Dimensions
Length: 6 cm
Location
Bear Gulch
Fergus County
Montana
United States
Comments
A modern Ratfish, Bischoff Island, British Columbia, Canada (from Wikipedia: Clark Anderson/Aquaimages)
Lit.:
Grogan, E. Lund, R. 2002: The geological and biological environment of the Bear Gulch Limestone (Mississippian of Montana, USA) and a model for its deposition. Geodiversitas 2002, 24 (2): 296-315
Lund, R. 1977 - Echinochimaera meltoni new genus and species (Chimaeriformes), from the Mississippian of Montana. Annals of Carnegie Museum, 46 (13): 195-221.
Hagadorn, J.: Bear Gulch: An exceptional Upper Carboniferous Plattenkalk
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