# Unique flying "monster" fossil found on Isle of Skye

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**Created:** [February 6, 2024, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unique-flying-monster-fossil-found-on-isle-of-skye/997178 "2024-02-06T12:40:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2024, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unique-flying-monster-fossil-found-on-isle-of-skye/997178/1 "2024-02-06T12:40:21Z")

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I’m not specifically on the lookout for dinosaur stories in the UK, it just happens! First, [there was the Dorset fossil](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/complete-pliosaur-skull-found-in-the-dorset-cliffs/994385), now a new pterosaur on Skye!

> **[Pterosaur: Unique flying reptile soared above Isle of Skye](https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-68207021)**
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> The pterosaur soared over the heads of dinosaurs in Scotland 168-166 million years ago.

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**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2024, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unique-flying-monster-fossil-found-on-isle-of-skye/997178/2 "2024-02-06T14:58:31Z")

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When they say Scotland 168-166 million years ago, they mean somewhere south of the Equator.

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**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2024, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unique-flying-monster-fossil-found-on-isle-of-skye/997178/3 "2024-02-06T21:52:22Z")

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Flocks of trained pterosaurs ridden by proto-bagpipers ! A thing of beauty!

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**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2024, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unique-flying-monster-fossil-found-on-isle-of-skye/997178/4 "2024-02-06T23:28:14Z")

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[This](https://img.craiyon.com/2024-02-06/Hd1hNc5uTfqxfoWJ3ZwrQw.webp) is what Craiyon AI thinks of that. (Actually, it’s the best of what Craiyon thinks of it. The worst is…well, let’s just say that AI does not cope well with bagpipes. Or pterosaurs. XD )