Fossil ancestor shows sharks have a bony past
Sharks have a distinctive, all-cartilage skeleton, but now a fossil from Western Australia has revealed a surprise ‘missing link’ to an earlier, more bony form of the fish.
Sharks have a distinctive, all-cartilage skeleton, but now a fossil from Western Australia has revealed a surprise ‘missing link’ to an earlier, more bony form of the fish.
The discovery of ancient fishes with rippling abdominal muscles shows that palaeontology still holds an important role in modern science.