Talk:Scipionyx

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I'm trying to put an image of the Scipionyx fossil, but I can't get it posted. Here is the URL for it at BBC news, http://news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/1445000/images/_1446706_dino300.jpg . If you know how to put up the image please do! I'll try and gather more info on the dinosaur.

Which affiliation, please?[edit]

Article formerly read "Marco Signore of the Universita degli Studi di Napoli in Naples,^[1] who identified it as the first Italian dinosaur." On 18 July 2007, User:Exairetos changed this to "Marco Signore of the University of Naples Federico II". Can anyone clarify this matter? Thanks. -- Writtenonsand 17:26, 19 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It's the same school, just written in English. Marco worked there as recently as 2005 and probably still does. Sheep81 18:23, 19 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Coelurosaurs, feathers[edit]

"Fossil evidence indicates that most coelurosaurs were probably feathered."

I've removed this. Not exactly false, but un-cited, vague, and veers dangerously close to WP:SYNTHESIS.

Also, although Skippy was "preserved in the Pietraroia limestone formation, well known for unusually well-preserved fossils. ... bodies of water [which] were oxygen deficient, leading to the well-preserved Scipionyx specimen, much like the fine fossil preservation seen in Germany's Archaeopteryx", this Scipionyx chick shows no actual evidence of feathers or down.

I wouldn't have any objection to including something on this if we could produce a good (Scipionyx-relevant) cite.

-- Writtenonsand (talk) 05:01, 6 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

There's no evidence of scales or skin either though, in spite of the preservation. FunkMonk (talk) 15:07, 6 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Dal Sasso & Maganuco concluded in their 2011 monograph that Scipionyx was probably (proto)feathered.--MWAK (talk) 09:18, 14 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Scipionyx the Carcharodontosaurid?[edit]

A recently published article has proposed that some Compsognathids are actually hatchlings of various large predatory dinosaurs, and Scipionyx in particular is possibly a hatchling Carcharodontosaurid. <ref>https://www.researchgate.net/publication/354418322_Comments_on_the_Mesozoic_theropod_dinosaurs_from_Italy<ref>

This is also mentioned in the article, but could also be mentioned in the intro. I disagree it belongs in the discovery section, though. FunkMonk (talk) 00:06, 8 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The "History of Discovery" section seems to cover more information than just the discovery and naming of the taxon, and in any case, I don't see why the article shouldn't include subsequent notable events in the history of scientific understanding of the taxon. The discovery that Scipionyx represents a hatchling carcharodontosaur seems like a notable event in the scientific history of the taxon to me. Ornithopsis (talk) 01:45, 8 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

It will probably shape up better if the article is ever expanded fully. More importantly, I guess this study should be covered at Compsognathidae itself? FunkMonk (talk) 16:24, 27 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

On another note, isn't it highly unlikely that a young individual, like the one this drawing[1] is based on would have a colourful dewlap? FunkMonk (talk) 16:26, 27 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

^ Cite error: The named reference Poling was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[Poling-1] Cite error: The named reference Poling was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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