File:Echinochimaera meltoni (fossil fish) (Bear Gulch Limestone, Upper Mississippian; Montana, USA) (33784748875).jpg
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Echinochimaera meltoni Lund, 1977 - fossil fish from the Mississippian of Montana, USA. (public display, Museum of the Rockies, Bozeman, Montana, USA) Echinochimaera meltoni is a fossil holocephalian fish from estuarine deposits of the Late Mississippian-aged Bear Gulch Lagerstätte in Montana. From museum signage: This spiny chimaera is related to modern chimaeras and ratfish. Antler-like scales and large fins were used to attract females and impress other males. Classification: Animalia, Chordata, Vertebrata, Chondrichthyes, Holocephali, Chimaeriformes, Echinochimaeridae Stratigraphy: Bear Gulch Limestone Member, Heath Formation, Upper Mississippian See info. at: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echinochimaera" rel="nofollow">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echinochimaera</a> and <a href="http://people.sju.edu/~egrogan/BearGulch/pages_fish_species/Echinochimaera_meltoni.html" rel="nofollow">people.sju.edu/~egrogan/BearGulch/pages_fish_species/Echi...</a> and <a href="http://people.sju.edu/~egrogan/BearGulch/index.html" rel="nofollow">people.sju.edu/~egrogan/BearGulch/index.html</a> |
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| Author | James St. John |
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