Scipionyx samniticus

[The Amateur Paleontologist]

Hi everyone,

This summer I am going to Italy and was wondering in which museum the all-famous Scipionyx samniticus holotype is housed.

Thanks for any help,

Christian

[Fossildude19]

Hi everyone,

This summer I am going to Italy and was wondering in which museum the all-famous Scipionyx samniticus holotype is housed.

Thanks for any help,

Christian

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[The Amateur Paleontologist]

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Thanks!

[piranha]

On 6/11/2016 at 8:30 AM, The Amateur Paleontologist said:

Hi everyone,

This summer I am going to Italy and was wondering in which museum the all-famous Scipionyx samniticus holotype is housed.

Thanks for any help,

Christian

On 6/11/2016 at 9:54 AM, Fossildude19 said:

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Evidently Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano only has replicas of the holotype.

The original holotype is in Salerno. The answer is in the publication you posted: LINK

 

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The holotype and only known specimen of Scipionyx samniticus is housed at the Soprintendenza per i Beni Archeologici di Salerno, Avellino, Benevento e Caserta with the inventory number SBA–SA 163760.

 

Holotype - Nearly complete, articulated skeleton with fossilised soft tissues, housed in Salerno (Campania), Italy, at the Soprintendenza per i Beni Archeologici di Salerno, Avellino, Benevento e Caserta with inventory number SBA-SA 163760.

 

Dal Sasso, C., & Maganuco, S. (2011)

Scipionyx samniticus (Theropoda: Compsognathidae) from the Lower Cretaceous of Italy - Osteology, ontogenetic assessment, phylogeny, soft tissue anatomy, taphonomy and palaeobiology.

Memorie della Società Italiana de Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano 37(1):1-281

 

 

 

[Fossildude19]

Evidently Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano only has replicas of the holotype.

The original holotype is in Salerno. The answer is in the publication you posted: LINK

QUOTE:

The holotype and only known specimen of Scipionyx samniticus is housed at the Soprintendenza per i Beni Archeologici di Salerno, Avellino, Benevento e

Caserta with the inventory number SBA–SA 163760.

Holotype - Nearly complete, articulated skeleton with fossilised soft tissues, housed in Salerno (Campania), Italy, at the Soprintendenza per i Beni Archeologici di Salerno, Avellino, Benevento e Caserta with inventory number SBA-SA 163760.

Dal Sasso, C., & Maganuco, S. (2011)

Scipionyx samniticus (Theropoda: Compsognathidae) from the Lower Cretaceous of Italy - Osteology, ontogenetic assessment, phylogeny, soft tissue anatomy, taphonomy and palaeobiology.

Memorie della Società Italiana de Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano 37(1):1-281

Thanks Scott.

Just goes to show you can't trust Wikipedia:

"Displays include fossils of several plants and animals. Among the most valuable specimens are the skeletons of two pygmy elephants (Palaeoloxodon falconeri) from Sicily and the only existing fossil of the coelurosaurian theropod Scipionix samniticus."

Regards,

[piranha]

The original holotype may not be available for public viewing. It would be available for someone with proper research credentials.

Contact the museum in Salerno for additional details.

[jpc]

I agree with piranha... just cause it is housed at a certain museum does not mean that it is on display. Conversely, if someone else says they have it on display,it maybe a cast.

[doushantuo]

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/231347243_Scipionyx_samniticus_TheropodaCompsognathidae_from_the_Lower_Cretaceous_of_Italy_Osteology_ontogenetic_assessment_phylogeny_soft_tissue_anatomy_taphonomy_and_palaeobiology

[The Amateur Paleontologist]

Evidently Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano only has replicas of the holotype.

The original holotype is in Salerno. The answer is in the publication you posted: LINK

QUOTE:

The holotype and only known specimen of Scipionyx samniticus is housed at the Soprintendenza per i Beni Archeologici di Salerno, Avellino, Benevento e

Caserta with the inventory number SBA–SA 163760.

Holotype - Nearly complete, articulated skeleton with fossilised soft tissues, housed in Salerno (Campania), Italy, at the Soprintendenza per i Beni Archeologici di Salerno, Avellino, Benevento e Caserta with inventory number SBA-SA 163760.

Dal Sasso, C., & Maganuco, S. (2011)

Scipionyx samniticus (Theropoda: Compsognathidae) from the Lower Cretaceous of Italy - Osteology, ontogenetic assessment, phylogeny, soft tissue anatomy, taphonomy and palaeobiology.

Memorie della Società Italiana de Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano 37(1):1-281

Oh no…! I was only going to Venice and Milano, and was hoping to see the holotype at the Natural History Museum of Milan .