SCIENCE UPDATE

We’ve found a cute new pterosaur!

While the awesome, snorting Tyrannosaurus rex ruled the Earth in the late golden era of the dinosaurs, huge pterosaurs boasting wing spans of up to 11-12 metres ruled the air.

However, fossils discovered on the west coast of North America reveal that 77 million years ago, the air also included a much smaller creature.

A toothless pterosaur with a wing span of only 1.5 m and a modest body the size of a cat roamed the skies.

The fossil remains of the unknown pterosaur, which has not yet been named by scientists, were discovered in the small island of Hornby, Canada. The studies of the prehistoric creature were carried out by scientists from the University of Southampton.

A new-found dinosaur was much smaller than the other pterosaurs with wing spans of 11-12 m.