Fossilised cat-sized reptile found in Scotland was ‘early relative of pterosaurs’

Reconstruction of Scleromochlus taylori (Gabriel Ugueto/Nature)

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 to 210 million years ago.