Biology:Palaeobates
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Palaeobates is an extinct genus of prehistoric elasmobranchs in the order Hybodontiformes. It lived during the Triassic period.[1] It was a small shark about 1 m (3.3 ft) long.[2] Palaeobates had a grinding-type dentition, which it used to crush hard-shelled prey. The teeth exhibit an orthodont histology.
Palaeoecology
Dental microwear analysis of P. angustissimus confirms that it was a durophagous predator, eating bivalves, gastropods, crustaceans and/or echinoderms.[3]
See also
- List of prehistoric cartilaginous fish
References
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Scheyer, Torsten M.; Romano, Carlo; Jenks, Jim; Bucher, Hugo (19 March 2014). "Early Triassic Marine Biotic Recovery: The Predators' Perspective". PLOS ONE 9 (3). doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0088987. PMID 24647136. Bibcode: 2014PLoSO...988987S.
- ↑ Paredes-Aliaga, María Victoria; Botella, Héctor; Romero, Alejandro (30 July 2024). "Testing dental microwear as a proxy for characterising trophic ecology in fossil elasmobranchs (chondrichthyans)" (in en). Swiss Journal of Palaeontology 143 (1). doi:10.1186/s13358-024-00322-9. ISSN 1664-2376.
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