Biology:Palaeobates
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Short description: Extinct genus of sharks
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| Early Triassic Palaeobates polaris from Svalbard - picture taken at Paläontologisches Institut und Museum, Universität Zurich | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | †Hybodontiformes |
| Family: | †Acrodontidae |
| Genus: | †Palaeobates Meyer, 1849 |
| Type species | |
| †Acrodus angustissimus Agassiz, 1834
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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.
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): e88987. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0088987. PMID 24647136. Bibcode: 2014PLoSO...988987S.
Wikidata ☰ Q41218081 entry
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