Scipionyx - Wikipedia
Scipionyx (/ ˈ ʃ ɪ ˌ p iː oʊ n ɪ k s, ˌ ʃ ɪ p iː ˈ oʊ-/ SHIH-pee-oh-nicks-, [1] ship-ee-OH-[2]) was a genus of theropod dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous Pietraroja Formation of Italy, around 113 million years ago. There is only one fossil known of Scipionyx, discovered in 1981 by an amateur paleontologist and brought to the ...
Mesozoic Monthly: Scipionyx - Carnegie Museum of Natural History
Scipionyx was found in deposits laid down in a marine environment in what is now Italy. Back in the early part of the Cretaceous Period (the third and final division of the Mesozoic Era, or ‘Age of Dinosaurs’), when Scipionyx was alive, Italy was mostly under a shallow sea dotted with small islands, and the dinosaur would have lived on one ...
Exceptional soft-tissue preservation in a theropod dinosaur
1998年3月26日 · Scipionyx represents a new maniraptoriform theropod. Its discovery is remarkable considering also the scarcity of juvenile theropod dinosaurs in the fossil record.
Scipionyx - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
It is a tiny theropod (meat-eater) fossil found in Cretaceous limestone in southern Italy near Naples. Although it was unearthed thirty years ago in 1981, its true importance was not realized until 1994. It is a very important specimen in that it has fossilized remains of many of its internal organs and muscles.
Scipionyx Dinosaur Facts - information about the dinosaur scipionyx
Scipionyx was a carnivore (meat-eater) dinosaur that lived in southern Italy during the Cretaceous period, about 113 million years. It is known from a single fossil juvenile animal that was found about 30 miles (48 kilometers) northwest of what is today the city of Naples.
A Theory That Doesn't Fly - Scientific American
1999年2月1日 · Scipionyx. In a paper published in the January 22 issue of Science, Ruben and his colleagues argue that Scipionyx was cold blooded and had breathing apparatus much different from that of birds...
Scipionyx dinosaurs , facts | pictures -Scipionyx habitat.
Scipionyx is a genus of small theropod Dinosaur that lived during the Early Cretaceous period, approximately 113 million years ago. What sets Scipionyx apart from many other dinosaur genera is its diminutive size and remarkably preserved fossils.
Scipionyx samniticus (Theropoda: Compsognathidae) from the …
2011年5月31日 · The remarkably preserved baby theropod Scipionyx samniticus, from the Lower Cretaceous (Albian) of Pietraroia, southern Italy, is finally described in detail.
Scipionyx | Dinosaur Museum.web
Scipionyx is one of the best-preserved dinosaur fossils. It is believed that the fossils were contained within a layer of fine-grained limestone, and the body was buried in a low-oxygen environment, like a tidal flat, which prevented decay.
Scipionyx - PaleoCodex
Scipionyx was a bipedal predator, its horizontal rump balanced by a long tail. Its body was probably covered by primitive feathers but these have not been found in the fossil, that is without any skin remains.