Reptilia - Theropoda - Compsognathidae
Full reference: C. Dal Sasso and M. Signore. 1996. Exceptional soft-tissue preservation in a theropod dinosaur from Italy. Nature 392:383-387
Belongs to Scipionyx according to C. Dal Sasso and S. Maganuco 2011
See also Cau and Madzia 2018, Chiappe and Göhlich 2010, Dal Sasso 2003, Dal Sasso and Signore 1996, Dalla Vecchia 2001, Gishlick and Gauthier 2007, Hendrickx and Mateus 2014, Holtz et al. 2004, Hu et al. 2016, Petti et al. 2008 and Peyer 2006
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: Its type locality is La Cavere, Pietraroja, which is in an Albian basinal (carbonate) mudstone/wackestone in Italy
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: found only at La Cavere, Pietraroja
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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