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Odontodes, the ancestors of teeth, looked like placoid scales of recent sharks.

Odontodes consisted of a dentine cone with a pulp cavity and covered by a hypermineralized tissue like enamel or enameloid. They were attached to the integument by a bony base.

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Int J Biol Sci. 2009; 5(3): 226–243. Published online 2009 February 24.

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