Lestrodus
| Lestrodus Temporal range:
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| Tooth whorl of Lestrodus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Order: | †Eugeneodontiformes |
| Family: | †Edestidae |
| Genus: | †Lestrodus Obruchev, 1953 |
| Species: | †L. newtoni
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| Binomial name | |
| †Lestrodus newtoni (Woodward, 1916)
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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, but is now considered a distinct genus based on morphological differences.