A fierce predator that lived 170 million years ago has been unveiled for the first time, half a century after it was discovered.
The fossilised skeleton of the dolphin-like animal – named the Storr Lochs Monster – was found on the Isle of Skye in 1966.
It is the most complete skeleton of a sea-living reptile from the Age of Dinosaurs that has ever been found in Scotland.
The ancient reptile was around four metres in length and had a long, pointed head filled with hundreds of cone-shaped teeth, which it used to feed on fish and squid, researchers say.
