Talk:Scipionyx

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?
Article formerly read "Marco Signore of the Universita degli Studi di Napoli in Naples, 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)
 * 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)

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


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

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Scipionyx the Carcharodontosaurid?
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. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/354418322_Comments_on_the_Mesozoic_theropod_dinosaurs_from_Italy
 * 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)
 * 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)
 * 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)
 * On another note, isn't it highly unlikely that a young individual, like the one this drawing is based on would have a colourful dewlap? FunkMonk (talk) 16:26, 27 September 2021 (UTC)