Lestrodus

Lestrodus Temporal range: Bashkirian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Tooth whorl of Lestrodus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Order:	† Eugeneodontiformes
Family:	† Edestidae
Genus:	† Lestrodus Obruchev, 1953 [1]
Species:	†L. newtoni
Binomial name
†Lestrodus newtoni (Woodward, 1916) [2]
Synonyms
Edestus newtoniWoodward, 1916

Lestrodus is an extinct genus of edestid fish that lived during the Late Carboniferous. It contains one valid species, L. newtoni, which is known from a single tooth whorl from the Millstone Grit of England. It was originally named as a species of Edestus , ^[2] but is now considered a distinct genus based on morphological differences. ^{[1] [3] [4]}

References

1. Obruchev, D.V. (1953). "Izuchenie edestid i raboty A.P. Karpinskogo [Study of edestids and the work of A.P. Karpinsky]". Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta. 45: 1–85.
2. Woodward, A.S. (1916). "On a new species of Edestus from the Upper Carboniferous of Yorkshire". The Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London. 72 (285): 1–5. doi:10.1144/GSL.JGS.1916.072.01-04.02. S2CID   129517173.
3. Ginter, M.; Hampe, O.; Duffin, C. (2010). Handbook of Paleoichthyology. Volume 3D. Chondrichthyes. Paleozoic Elasmobranchii: Teeth. Munich: Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil. ISBN   978-3-89937-116-1.
4. Tapanila, L.; Pruitt, J. (2019). "Redefining species concepts for the Pennsylvanian scissor tooth shark, Edestus". PLOS ONE. 14 (9) e0220958. Bibcode:2019PLoSO..1420958T. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0220958 . PMC   6726245 . PMID   31483800.