▁ph y log en etic ▁analysis , ▁showing ▁Sci p iony x ▁to ▁be ▁a ▁bas al ▁com ps ogn ath id , ▁but ▁they ▁pointed ▁out ▁that ▁the ▁ph y log eny ▁found ▁was ▁uncertain ▁due ▁to ▁the ▁ju ven ile ▁status ▁of ▁the ▁foss il . ▁ ▁Land ▁animals ▁actually ▁found ▁in ▁the ▁Piet r aro ja ▁depos its ▁are ▁all ▁small . ▁They ▁include ▁the ▁l iz ards ▁Ch omet ok ad mon ▁and ▁E ich sta ett is aur us ▁g ould i , ▁a ▁relative ▁of ▁the ▁forty ▁million ▁years ▁older ▁German ▁E ich sta ett is aur us ▁sch ro eder i ; ▁the ▁rh yn cho ce phal ian ▁Der asm osa urus ▁and ▁the ▁am ph ib ian ▁C elt ed ens ▁meg ace phal us . ▁ ▁Food ▁The ▁foss il ▁provides ▁direct ▁information ▁about ▁the ▁di et ▁of ▁Sci p iony x ▁because ▁remains ▁of ▁a ▁complete ▁series ▁of ▁consecutive ▁me als ▁have ▁been ▁preserved , ▁perhaps ▁everything ▁the ▁animal ▁a te ▁during ▁its ▁short ▁life . ▁These ▁confirm ▁what ▁already ▁could ▁be ▁concluded ▁from ▁its ▁ph y log en etic ▁aff in ities ▁and ▁general ▁build : ▁that ▁Sci p iony x ▁was ▁a ▁pred ator . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁o es oph ag us ▁tract ▁about ▁eight ▁scales ▁and ▁some ▁b one ▁fragments ▁are ▁present . ▁Dal ▁S asso ▁& ▁Mag anu co ▁considered ▁it ▁likely ▁that ▁these ▁had ▁not ▁been ▁sw allowed ▁as ▁loose ▁elements ▁but ▁were ▁the ▁remains ▁of