The first fossil skeleton of an ancient Phoebodus shark has been found

Prehistoric shark's entire skeleton is found fossilised for the first time 370million years after it went extinct

The species had only been known before from the occasional tooth and fin spine. Shark skeletons are made of soft cartilage and rarely get preserved as fossils. Phoebodus has a long, eel-like body with a flat head and an elongated jaw.

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