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Name meaning

Anyone have any idea where the word edeste/edest comes from? Tnophelia (talk) 06:04, 30 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Fantasy recostruction?

Is there a source for the life reconstruction? The article says that the species are known only from their teeth, and there are no clues as to the appearance, It seems unhelpful to readers to show an illustration that is actually 90% fantasy. --Jorge Stolfi (talk) 02:36, 29 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The reconstruction is based on related taxa from which the body is known. [1] At the very worst, it is an educated guess based on similar reconstructions, and not intended to be original research.--Mr Fink (talk) 05:04, 29 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

A similar reconstruction by Ray Troll [2]--Mr Fink (talk) 14:14, 29 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Edestus, believing this to be a shark is a mistake.

These pictures of the jaw is a frog or salamander, because these creatures only have bottom teeth and an upper strong palette and the whorl would operate with the tongue and teeth in unison. G.A. Berry (talk) 07:29, 27 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The jaws being able to extend out is based on recent cranial and jaw findings. You appear to be confusing Edestus with Helicoprion Mr Fink (talk) 13:37, 27 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Edestus

There is no way this fossil of a creature is a shark, it is totally impossible, the proof available to me is irrefutable. 174.202.102.79 (talk) 09:21, 21 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I am very interested to see this proof! You may be glad to know that the general consensus scientifically is indeed that this creature is not a shark, but a member of the group Bradyodonti or Euchondrocephali, given its very slow rate of tooth replacement and tooth construction consisting of trabecular dentine. Are you perhaps agreeing with the frankly quite unorthodox view presented above that this is the jaw of a lissamphibian? Just please be sure to extensively discuss your ideas here before making any modifications to the article, thanks! Gasmasque (talk) 13:24, 21 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]