Palaeobates is an extinct genus of prehistoric elasmobranchs in the order Hybodontiformes. It lived during the Triassic period. 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.
Dental microwear analysis of P. angustissimus confirms that it was a durophagous predator, eating bivalves, gastropods, crustaceans and/or echinoderms.