Palaeobates

Palaeobates is an extinct genus of prehistoric elasmobranch sharks in the order Hybodontiformes. It lived during the Triassic period.[1] Palaeobates had a grinding-type dentition, which it used to crush hard-shelled prey. The teeth exhibit an orthodont histology.

Middle Triassic Palaeobates fossil

Palaeobates
Temporal range: Triassic
Early Triassic Palaeobates polaris from Svalbard - picture taken at Paläontologisches Institut und Museum, Universität Zurich
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Order: †Hybodontiformes
Family: †Acrodontidae
Genus: †Palaeobates
Meyer, 1849
Type species
†Acrodus angustissimus
Agassiz, 1834
Other species
  • †Palaeobates polaris Stensiö, 1921
  • †P. reticulatus Duffin, 1998
  • †P. verzilini Nessov & Kaznyshkin, 1988

See also
  • List of prehistoric cartilaginous fish

References
  1. Romano, Carlo; Brinkmann, Winand (December 2010). "A new specimen of the hybodont shark Palaeobates polaris with threedimensionally preserved Meckel's cartilage from the Smithian (Early Triassic) of Spitsbergen". Journal of Paleontology. 30 (6): 1673–1683. doi:10.1080/02724634.2010.521962.


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