 On this occasion it was discovered that large parts of the soft tissues had been preserved.In 1998, "Ciro" because of this made the front cover of "Nature", when the type species "Scipionyx samniticus" was named and described by Marco Signore and Cristiano Dal Sasso.The generic name "Scipionyx" comes from the Latin name "Scipio" and the Greek ὄνυξ, "onyx", the combination meaning "Scipio's claw".