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''Palaeobates'' is an extinct genus of prehistoric 
elasmobranch
Elasmobranchii () is a subclass of Chondrichthyes or cartilaginous fish, including sharks (superorder Selachii), rays, skates, and sawfish (superorder Batoidea). Members of this subclass are characterised by having five to seven pairs of gil ...
sharks in the order Hybodontiformes
Hybodontiformes, commonly called hybodonts, are an extinct group of shark-like chondrichthyans, which existed from the late Devonian to the Late Cretaceous. They form the group of Elasmobranchii closest to neoselachians, the clade of modern shark ...
. It lived during the Triassic
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. It was a small shark about long. ''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
This list of prehistoric cartilaginous fish genera is an attempt to create a comprehensive listing of all genera that have ever been included in the class chondrichthyes ''and'' are known from the fossil record. This list excludes purely vernacula ...
References
Hybodontiformes Prehistoric shark genera {{Triassic-fish-stub