Palaeobates (elasmobranch)

Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Acrodontidae

Parent taxon: Acrodontidae according to C. Pla et al. 2013

See also Chrzastek 2008, Duffin 1998, Jordan 1963, Maisey 1987, Rieppel 1981, Romano and Brinkmann 2010, Sepkoski 2002 and Woodward 1889

Sister taxa: Acrodontinae, Acrodus, Sinacrodus, Strophodus

Subtaxa: Palaeobates angustissimus Palaeobates polaris Palaeobates reticulatus Palaeobates shastensis

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Jurassic of China (1 collection)

• Triassic of Austria (1), Canada (1: British Columbia), France (3), Germany (5), Hungary (2), Italy (1), Norway (1), Poland (4), Slovenia (1), Spain (1), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (3), Switzerland (3), the United Kingdom (1), United States (2: California, Nevada)

Total: 30 collections including 32 occurrences

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