A FOSSILISED reptile unearthed in Scotland lived during the age of dinosaurs and was closely related to an extinct group of flying reptiles known as pterosaurs, new research suggests.
The small cat-sized creature, named Scleromochlus taylori, is thought to have roamed the planet somewhere between 240 million to 210 million years ago.
Pterosaurs were one of the first animals to evolve powered flight and the researchers believe that Scleromochlus may hold a key place in its evolutionary tree.
