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Edestus, also known as the Coal shark or the "Scissor-tooth shark", is a genus of shark that lived throughout the world's oceans during the Late Carboniferous Pennsylvanian age. All of the species are known only from their teeth. The term "edestid" is often used to refer to any or all members of the order Eugeneodontiformes, though, strictly speaking, "edestid" should be used only to refer to members of the family Edestidae.

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  • Edestus
  • Edestus
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  • Edestus, also known as the Coal shark or the "Scissor-tooth shark", is a genus of shark that lived throughout the world's oceans during the Late Carboniferous Pennsylvanian age. All of the species are known only from their teeth. The term "edestid" is often used to refer to any or all members of the order Eugeneodontiformes, though, strictly speaking, "edestid" should be used only to refer to members of the family Edestidae.
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Length
  • 6 m
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Range
  • Oceans worldwide
Game
  • Jurassic Park: Builder
  • Jurassic World: The Game
Name
  • Edestus
Caption
  • Edestus protopirata, from the Middle Carboniferous of the Moscow region.
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Weight
  • 1(xsd:integer)
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  • 250(xsd:integer)
Meaning
  • To devour
Species
  • See text.
Genus
  • Edestus
Subclass
  • ?Holocephali
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Order
Diet
  • Carnivore
abstract
  • Edestus, also known as the Coal shark or the "Scissor-tooth shark", is a genus of shark that lived throughout the world's oceans during the Late Carboniferous Pennsylvanian age. All of the species are known only from their teeth. The term "edestid" is often used to refer to any or all members of the order Eugeneodontiformes, though, strictly speaking, "edestid" should be used only to refer to members of the family Edestidae. Like its other relatives, such as Helicoprion, and unlike modern sharks, the species of Edestus grew teeth in curved brackets, and did not shed the teeth as they became worn. In Edestus' case, there was only a single row of teeth in each jaw, so that the mouth would have resembled a monstrous pair of pinking shears. The degree of curvature in the teeth brackets, along with size are distinct in each species.
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