A strange-looking fossil of a fish has been discovered on a farm in Stroud, England.
According to BBC News, the sea creature – screamed pachycorm – It is believed to be about 183 million years old and has large teeth and wide-open eyes.
The rock was discovered by fossil hunters Neville and Sally Hollingworth.
“It was a real surprise because, when you find fossils, most of the time they’ve been pressed through time,” Neville told the network.
“But when we prepared this one, to slowly reveal his bones, it was amazing because suddenly we realized his skull wasn’t crushed.
“Its mouth is open, and it looks like it’s coming out of the rock.”
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The specimen was found on a grassy bank behind a cowshed in the village of Kings Stanley.
Landowner Adam Knight didn’t know his cattle were grazing on top of a fossil seam.
He gave permission to the Hollingworths and a team of scientists from the University of Manchester to investigate the area further.
An excavator was brought in to open more nodules, where the bursting fossil was originally buried.
The group unearthed more fish, squid and the bones of two ichthyosaurs, which are marine reptiles that look similar to dolphins.
“We have the whole food chain,” said paleontologist Dean Lomax, of the University of Manchester.
“That, then pachycorm it would have been eating the smaller fish and squid.
“And then the ichthyosaurs would have been eaten pachycorm.”
The fossils will be on display at Stroud Park Museum.