▁On ▁this ▁occasion ▁it ▁was ▁discovered ▁that ▁large ▁parts ▁of ▁the ▁soft ▁t issues ▁had ▁been ▁preserved . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 9 8 , ▁C iro ▁because ▁of ▁this ▁made ▁the ▁front ▁cover ▁of ▁Nature , ▁when ▁the ▁type ▁species ▁Sci p iony x ▁sam nit icus ▁was ▁named ▁and ▁described ▁by ▁Marco ▁Sign ore ▁and ▁Crist iano ▁Dal ▁S asso . ▁The ▁generic ▁name ▁Sci p iony x ▁comes ▁from ▁the ▁Latin ▁name ▁Sci pio ▁and ▁the ▁Greek ▁ <0xE1> <0xBD> <0x84> ν υ ξ , ▁on y x , ▁the ▁combination ▁meaning ▁" S cip io ' s ▁cla w ". ▁" S cip io " ▁refers ▁to ▁both ▁Sci p ione ▁Bre is lak , ▁the ▁ 1 8 th ▁century ▁ge ologist ▁who ▁wrote ▁the ▁first ▁description ▁of ▁the ▁formation ▁in ▁which ▁the ▁foss il ▁was ▁found ▁and ▁Sci pio ▁African us , ▁the ▁famous ▁Roman ▁cons ul ▁fighting ▁Hann ib al . ▁The ▁specific ▁name ▁sam nit icus ▁means ▁" From ▁Sam ni um ", ▁the ▁Latin ▁name ▁of ▁the ▁region ▁around ▁Piet r aro ja . ▁Several ▁other ▁names ▁had ▁been ▁considered ▁but ▁rejected , ▁such ▁as ▁" Ital osa urus ", ▁" Ital or apt or " ▁and ▁" M ic ror apt or ". ▁The ▁last ▁name ▁has ▁since ▁been ▁used ▁for ▁a ▁genus ▁of ▁" four - wing ed " ▁d rom ae osa ur id ▁discovered ▁in ▁China ▁a ▁few ▁years ▁later . ▁ ▁The ▁hol ot ype , ▁S BA