▁known ▁of ▁Sci p iony x , ▁discovered ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 1 ▁by ▁an ▁amateur ▁pale ont ologist ▁and ▁brought ▁to ▁the ▁attention ▁of ▁science ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 3 . ▁In ▁ 1 9 9 8 ▁the ▁type ▁species ▁Sci p iony x ▁sam nit icus ▁was ▁named , ▁the ▁generic ▁name ▁meaning ▁" S cip io ' s ▁cla w ". ▁The ▁find ▁generated ▁much ▁public ity ▁because ▁of ▁the ▁unique ▁pres ervation ▁of ▁large ▁areas ▁of ▁pet r ified ▁soft ▁t issue ▁and ▁internal ▁org ans ▁such ▁as ▁mus cles ▁and ▁int est ines . ▁The ▁foss il ▁shows ▁many ▁details ▁of ▁these , ▁even ▁the ▁internal ▁structure ▁of ▁some ▁mus cle ▁and ▁b one ▁cells . ▁It ▁was ▁also ▁the ▁first ▁din osa ur ▁found ▁in ▁Italy . ▁Because ▁of ▁the ▁importance ▁of ▁the ▁spec imen , ▁it ▁has ▁been ▁intens ely ▁studied . ▁ ▁The ▁foss il ▁is ▁that ▁of ▁a ▁ju ven ile ▁only ▁half ▁a ▁met re ▁( tw enty ▁inches ) ▁long ▁and ▁perhaps ▁just ▁three ▁days ▁old . ▁The ▁adult ▁size ▁is ▁estimated ▁to ▁have ▁been ▁about ▁two ▁metres ▁( 6 . 5   fe et ). ▁Sci p iony x ▁was ▁a ▁b ip ed al ▁pred ator , ▁its ▁horizontal ▁r ump ▁bal anced ▁by ▁a ▁long ▁tail . ▁Its ▁body ▁was ▁probably ▁covered ▁by ▁primitive ▁fe athers ▁but ▁these ▁have ▁not ▁been ▁found ▁in ▁the ▁foss il , ▁that ▁is ▁without ▁any ▁skin ▁remains . ▁ ▁In ▁the