Genus
Valid Extinct

Scipionyx

Dal Sasso and Signore 1996
Etymology Griffe de Scipion

Scipionyx was a genus of theropod dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous Pietraroja Formation of Italy, around 113 million years ago.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Carnivore Ground dwelling, solitary Terrestrial
Scipionyx
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The National history museum in Milan, Italy. Fossil of a juvenile individual of Scipionyx samniticus. The fossil (to date the first of this species ever) preserves in an exceptional way clear traces of soft tissues - a rather rare event. Picture by Giovanni Dall'Orto, April 22 2007. © Giovanni Dall'Orto · CC BY-SA 2.5 it · Wikimedia
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Theropoda Unranked clade
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Neotheropoda Unranked clade
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Averostra Unranked clade
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Tetanurae Unranked clade
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Coelurosauria Unranked clade
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Compsognathidae Family
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Scipionyx Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇮🇹 Italy
1
Temporal distribution
Albian (113.2–100.5 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Scipionyx samniticus 113 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
C. Dal Sasso and M. Signore. 1996. Exceptional soft-tissue preservation in a theropod dinosaur from Italy. Nature 392:383-387
Bibliography (1)
C. Dal Sasso and M. Signore. 1996. Exceptional soft-tissue preservation in a theropod dinosaur from Italy. Nature 392:383-387