†family Edestidae Jaekel 1899 (chimaera)
Chondrichthyes - Eugeneodontiformes - Edestidae
Parent taxon: Edestoidea according to M. Ginter et al. 2010
See also Cappetta 1987, Jordan 1963, Mutter and Neuman 2008, Nelson 2006 and Zangerl 1981
Sister taxon: Paredestus
Subtaxa: Edestus Euctenius Lestrodus Prospiraxis Protopirata Spiraxis Syntomodus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Permian of Brazil (1 collection)
• Carboniferous of the Russian Federation (2), the United Kingdom (5), United States (11: Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas)
Total: 19 collections including 21 occurrences