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Scipionyx samniticus
Taxonomy
Scipionyx samniticus was named by Dal Sasso and Signore (1996). It is a compression preserving soft parts. Its type locality is La Cavere, Pietraroja, which is in an Albian basinal (carbonate) mudstone/wackestone in Italy.
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1996 | Scipionyx samniticus Dal Sasso and Signore p. 386 figs. 1-6 |
2001 | Scipionyx samniticus Dalla Vecchia p. 79 |
2003 | Scipionyx samniticus Dal Sasso p. 54 |
2004 | Scipionyx samniticus Holtz, Jr. et al. p. 76 |
2006 | Scipionyx samniticus Peyer p. 880 |
2007 | Scipionyx samniticus Gishlick and Gauthier p. 577 |
2008 | Scipionyx samniticus Petti et al. p. 329 |
2010 | Scipionyx samniticus Chiappe and Göhlich p. 263 |
2011 | Scipionyx samniticus Dal Sasso and Maganuco p. 34 figs. 26-176 |
2014 | Scipionyx samniticus Hendrickx and Mateus p. 21 |
2016 | Scipionyx samniticus Hu et al. p. 191 |
2018 | Scipionyx samniticus Cau and Madzia p. 8 |
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†Scipionyx samniticus Dal Sasso and Signore 1996
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Diagnosis
Reference | Diagnosis | |
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C. Dal Sasso and S. Maganuco 2011 | Compsognathid theropod with five premaxillary teeth; sinusoidal ridge of supratemporal fossa at frontoparietal contact; descending process of squamosal distally squared; carpus composed by only two stacked, well-ossified bones (radiale and distal carpal 1+2); distal carpal 1+2 lenticular, compressed proximodistally, non-semilunate, and fused, lacking any trace of suture; manual digit III markedly longer (123%) than digit I; cranial concavity of the preacetabular blade of the ilium in lateral view facing cranially and slightly developed; prominent ischial obturator process squared distally. |