Exceptional soft-tissue preservation in a theropod dinosaur from Italy

Nature64.80
Volume: 392, Issue: 6674, Pages: 383 - 387
Published: Mar 26, 1998
Abstract
The Lower Cretaceous Pietraroia Plattenkalk (Benevento Province, southern Italy) has been known since the eighteenth century for its beautifully preserved fossil fishes. During Albian time (about 113 Myr ago1), deposition of fine marly limestone in a shallow lagoonal environment, affected by cyclic periods of low oxygen levels2, led to exceptional preservation of soft tissue in a juvenile theropod. The specimen, diagnosed here as Scipionyx...
Paper Details
Title
Exceptional soft-tissue preservation in a theropod dinosaur from Italy
Published Date
Mar 26, 1998
Journal
Volume
392
Issue
6674
Pages
383 - 387
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