170-million-year-old Jurassic pterosaur fossil found on Isle of Skye

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A significant paleontological discovery has been made on the Isle of Skye, where a 170-million-year-old Jurassic pterosaur fossil has been found. The fossil, which includes a sharp-toothed jaw, was identified by PhD student Amelia Penny in ancient limestone. Researchers from the Hunterian Museum and the Staffin Museum undertook a challenging extraction of the rock slab containing the fossil, racing against the tide to secure it for further study at the University of Edinburgh. Complete pterosaur fossils are extremely rare, making this find particularly valuable for understanding prehistoric life.
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The world's largest Jurassic pterosaur - a 170-million-year-old winged reptile - has been found protruding from the rocks of the Isle of Skye.
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-60407928

PhD student Amelia Penny spotted a sharp-toothed fossilized jaw of a 170-million-year-old Jurassic pterosaur in a layer of ancient limestone on Skye's coast.

Researchers from the Hunterian Museum, in Glasgow, and the Staffin Museum, on Skye, had to extract the rock slab entombing the fossil - a painstaking process and noisy process racing the incoming tide - and bring it to the University of Edinburgh.

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"Pterosaur fossils as complete as this are very rare.

https://phys.org/news/2022-02-superbly-pterosaur-fossil-unearthed-scotland.html
 
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