Holocephali - Prehistoric-Wildlife

Iniopteryx

In Depth Although a member of the same animal class as the sharks, Iniopteryx is thought to have been more like a chimaera. Not to be confused with the creature from Greek mythology, Chimearas are cartilaginous fish that separated from the sharks about four hundred million years ago and are sometimes called ghost sharks or … Read more

Edestus a.k.a. ‘Scissor toothed shark’

In Depth Further Reading – Indications of five species, with two new genera, of extinct Fishes. – Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 7:414 – J. Liedy – 1855. – On the Occurrence of Edestus in the Coal-Measures of Britain. – Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society 60:1-9 – E. T. Newton … Read more

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