Echinochimaera

Echinochimaera Temporal range: Upper Mississippian, 318.1–328.3 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Specimen of Echinochimaera meltoni
A diorama of Echinochimaera
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Subclass:	Holocephali
Order:	Chimaeriformes
Suborder:	Echinochimaeroidei
Family:	Echinochimaeridae
Genus:	Echinochimaera Lund, 1977[1]
Species
†Echinochimaera meltoni[2] †Echinochimaera snyderi[2]

Echinochimaera ("prickly chimera") is an extinct genus of chimaeriform fish, known from the Lower Carboniferous Bear Gulch Limestone in Montana, United States. It is one of the earliest Chimaeriformes known.