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Ellie Forbes & Sean Murphy

World's largest ever Pterodactyl unearthed on Skye - and it is a terrifying razor toothed 'winged reptile'

Described as the "discovery of the century", a pterodactyl fossil discovered on the Isle of Skye which dates back more than 170 million years is now on display at the National Museum of Scotland.

Hailed as the best-preserved skeleton of a pterosaur – a huge flying reptile – it's thought to also be the largest ever fossil of the creature discovered from the Jurassic period.

It was discovered during a National Geographic Society-funded excavation on the Isle of Skye in 2017 and has now been added to the museum's permanent collection.

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