Fish
Edestus
Edestus heinrichi was a cartilaginous fish with unusual tooth-bearing structures in its jaws.
Edestus heinrichi was a cartilaginous fish with unusual tooth-bearing structures in its jaws. Its dentition looked very different from the separate rows of teeth in a modern shark.
Three stages. One companion.
Game artwork
AI-generated, stylized game illustrations. These designs and growth stages are imaginative, not scientific reconstructions.
Edestus at a glance
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Its teeth and feeding structures are interpreted as adapted to taking animal prey.
- When it lived
- Carboniferous
- Group
- Chondrichthyes
- Cartilaginous fishes
Beyond the game
The real Edestus
Edestus heinrichi was a cartilaginous fish with unusual tooth-bearing structures in its jaws. Its dentition looked very different from the separate rows of teeth in a modern shark.
The arrangement and replacement of its teeth are central to its reconstruction. Its tooth-bearing blades differed from the spiral tooth whorl of Helicoprion.
Fossil discoveries
Selected fossil records · present-day map
Map references
Map: Natural Earth, public domain. Fossil records: Paleobiology Database and linked collections and publications.Sources & text credits
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