Palaeobates

Palaeobates; Temporal range: Triassic PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Early Triassic Palaeobates polaris from Svalbard - picture taken at Paläontologisches Institut und Museum, Universität Zurich
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Subclass:	Elasmobranchii
Order:	†Hybodontiformes
Family:	†Acrodontidae
Genus:	†Palaeobates; Meyer, 1849
Type species
	†Psammodus angustissimus; Agassiz in Alberti, 1834
Other species
	†Palaeobates polaris Stensiö, 1921; †P. reticulatus Duffin, 1998; †P. verzilini Nessov & Kaznyshkin, 1988;

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.^[3]

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. S2CID 86411191.
^ 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. Bibcode:2014PLoSO...988987S. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0088987. PMC 3960099. PMID 24647136.
^ 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)". Swiss Journal of Palaeontology. 143 (1). doi:10.1186/s13358-024-00322-9. ISSN 1664-2376.

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[Romano_&_Brinkmann_2010-1] 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. S2CID 86411191.

[2] 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. Bibcode:2014PLoSO...988987S. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0088987. PMC 3960099. PMID 24647136.

[3] 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)". Swiss Journal of Palaeontology. 143 (1). doi:10.1186/s13358-024-00322-9. ISSN 1664-2376.

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Palaeoecology

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