Edestus Leidy 1855 (chimaera)

Chondrichthyes - Eugeneodontiformes - Edestidae

Full reference: J. Leidy. 1855. Indications of five species, with two new genera, of extinct Fishes. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 7:414

Parent taxon: Edestidae according to W. M. Itano et al. 2012

See also Ginter et al. 2010, Hay 1902, Jordan 1963, Sepkoski 2002 and Zangerl 1981

Sister taxa: Euctenius, Lestrodus, Prospiraxis, Protopirata, Spiraxis, Syntomodus

Subtaxa: Edestus crenulatus Edestus giganteus Edestus heinrichi Edestus karpinskii Edestus minisculus Edestus minor Edestus minusculus Edestus mirus Edestus newtoni Edestus serratus Edestus triserratus Edestus vorax

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Type: Edestus vorax

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Carboniferous of the Russian Federation (2 collections), the United Kingdom (3), United States (10: Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas)

Total: 15 collections including 17 occurrences

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