Lestrodus
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| Lestrodus Temporal range: | |
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| Tooth whorl of Lestrodus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Order: | †Eugeneodontiformes |
| Family: | †Lestrodontidae |
| Genus: | †Lestrodus Obruchev, 1953[1] |
| Species: | †L. newtoni |
| Binomial name | |
| †Lestrodus newtoni | |
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Lestrodus is an extinct genus of eugeneodont 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]
