Largest pterosaur found on Skye

 

Image courtesy of Gegory Funston. 

Joel Kontinen

 

“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.

PhD student Amelia Penny spotted its sharp-toothed jaw in a layer of ancient limestone on Skye's coast.

 That initial discovery, in 2017, has now been followed up with detailed examination of the fossil skeleton.

 Those studies, published in the journal Current Biology, show the flying lizard had a 2.5m (8ft) wingspan. “

Perosaurs were almost too heavy to fly, But God made them succeed in the almost impossible task. 

Pterosaurs were almost too heavy for evolution to cope with them. And the giraffe-sized flying creature defied Darwinian explanations. Moreover, a rapid burial of pterosaurs suggests Noah’s flood. 

Source:

Gill, Victoria . 2022. Fossil of largest Jurassic pterosaur found on Skye BBC News, 23 February