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Pterodactyls fly once again along the Jurassic Coast" - own yours now!

News reports are just coming in .......pterodactyls have been spotted flying along the Jurassic Coast......"twitchers" from across the country are flocking to see the phenomenon....

A creative Dorset business has created a unique design of kite in the shape of a life-like flying reptile that used to dominate the skies during what is known as the Jurassic period, approximately 200 - 140 million years ago.

The pterodactyl kite from Jurassic Kites has been developed over a number of years and is made in tough spinnaker nylon with fibreglass struts and detachable stabilising wingtails. At £17.95 it makes the perfect present for dinosaur mad children and provides an excellent excuse for the whole family to get outdoors and have fun together. It is available from selected Dorset based museums and visitor centres along the south coast as well as online fromwww.jurassickites.co.uk.

Not only is the kite easy to fly, but it is also incredibly easy to assemble and comes with a fascinating leaflet giving instructions on how to fly it as well as information on The Jurassic Coast and the flying reptiles, or pterosaurs, upon which the kite is based.

Fossil pterosaurs are very rare because the bones were hollow and light. The first one found in the UK was discovered in 1828 near Lyme Regis, now part of the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site. The most well-known type of pterosaur is the pterodactyl and these were seen in the Jurassic Park movies.

Martin Cooke from Jurassic Kites said, "We wanted to design and develop a kite that would not only be a quality product and fun to fly, but would also help to spark people's interest in The Jurassic Coast. We are hoping that good sales of the kite will then enable us to support other new projects focusing on this famous coastline."

The Dorset and East Devon Coast World Heritage site is England's first natural World Heritage Site and covers 95 miles of truly stunning coastline from East Devon to Dorset, with rocks recording 185 million years of the Earth's history.

More information from: Martin Cooke, T/: 01305 848156; M/: 07809 443733 or E/:martin@heritageandleisure.co.ukor visitwww.jurassickites.co.uk

For more press information and high res images, or to test the kite for yourself, please contact: Jane Adkins, A Head for PR, T/: 01935 813114 or E/:jane@aheadforpr.co.uk

July 2014 (JK 01)