Edestus triserratus Newton 1904 (chimaera)

Chondrichthyes - Eugeneodontiformes - Edestidae

Full reference: E. T. Newton. 1904. On the Occurrence of Edestus in the Coal-Measures of Britain. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society 60:1-9

Belongs to Edestus according to E. T. Newton 1904

Sister taxa: Edestus crenulatus, Edestus giganteus, Edestus heinrichi, Edestus karpinskii, Edestus minisculus, Edestus minor, Edestus minusculus, Edestus mirus, Edestus newtoni, Edestus serratus, Edestus vorax

Type specimen: Its type locality is Nettlebank, Stroke-on-Trent, which is in a Bashkirian marine limestone in the United Kingdom

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Nettlebank, Stroke-on-Trent

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