- The
Edestidae are a
poorly known,
extinct family of shark-like
eugeneodontid holocephalid cartilaginous fish.
Similar to the
related family Helicoprionidae...
-
commonly placed within the
families Helicoprionidae ("spiral saws"), and
Edestidae ("those
which devour"), the
former containing the
genera Helicoprion,...
-
March 2020. Zangerl,
Rainer (17
March 1966). "A new
shark of the
family Edestidae,
Ornithoprion hertwigi, from the
Pennsylvanian Mecca and
Logan quarry...
- into two
families based on the
style of the dentition. One family, the
Edestidae, has
relatively short tooth blades with
roots which incline backwards...
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Chondrichthyes Subclass:
Holocephali Order: †Eugeneodontida Family: †
Edestidae Genus: †Edestus Leidy, 1856
Species E.
vorax Leidy, 1856 E.
minor Newberry...
- Bed An
acrodontid hybodontiform shark. Only
known from
isolated teeth Edestidae Gen. et sp. indet. Brev****fjellet
Myalina Bed A
eugeneodont holocephalian...
-
Chondrichthyes Subclass:
Holocephali Order: †Eugeneodontida Family: †
Edestidae Genus: †Parahelicampodus Nielsen, 1952 Type
species †Parahelicampodus...
-
member at Fossilworks.org M.
Kelly and R. Zangerl. 1976.
Helicoprion (
Edestidae) in the
Permian of West Texas.
Journal of
Paleontology 50(5):992-994 G...
- Grønland. 86 (3): 1–63.. Nielsen,
Eigil (1952). "On new or
little known Edestidae from the
Permian and Tri****ic of East Greenland".
Meddelelser om Grønland...
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Chondrichthyes Subclass:
Holocephali Order: †Eugeneodontida Family: †
Edestidae Genus: †Euctenius Traquair, 1881 Type
species †Euctenius unilateralis...
