▁found ▁allow ▁to ▁re construct ▁a ▁sequence ▁of ▁food ▁int akes : ▁first ▁a ▁four ▁to ▁five ▁cent imet res ▁long ▁fish ; ▁second ly ▁a ▁smaller ▁fish ▁of ▁two ▁to ▁three ▁cent imet res ; ▁next ▁a ▁ten ▁to ▁twelve ▁cent imet res ▁long ▁l izard ; ▁then ▁a ▁fifteen ▁to ▁forty , ▁depending ▁on ▁the ▁identification , ▁cent imet res ▁long ▁le pid osa ur ian ▁l izard ; ▁and ▁finally ▁some ▁ind et erm inate ▁verte br ate ( s ). ▁T ogether ▁they ▁represent ▁a ▁varied ▁di et ▁showing ▁that ▁Sci p iony x ▁was ▁an ▁opportun istic ▁general ist . ▁That ▁swift ▁l iz ards ▁had ▁been ▁caught ▁and ▁sea ▁fish ▁was hed ▁ash ore ▁had ▁been ▁gathered ▁necess it ating ▁a ▁prolong ed ▁pat rolling ▁of ▁the ▁flo od ▁line , ▁both ▁indicate ▁a ▁good ▁mob ility . ▁If ▁the ▁pre y ▁animal ▁in ▁the ▁st om ach ▁really ▁was ▁forty ▁cent imet res ▁long , ▁it ▁is ▁highly ▁unlikely ▁that ▁the ▁equally - s ized ▁h atch ling ▁had ▁been ▁able ▁to ▁sub due ▁it , ▁indicating ▁parent al ▁care . ▁ ▁Phys i ology ▁Sci p iony x ▁is ▁considered ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁most ▁important ▁foss il ▁verte br ates ▁ever ▁discovered , ▁after ▁a ▁long ▁and ▁pain st aking ▁" aut ops y " ▁revealed ▁the ▁unique ▁foss il isation ▁of ▁port ions ▁of ▁its ▁internal ▁org ans . ▁It ▁is ▁believed ▁Sci p iony x ▁lived ▁in ▁a ▁region ▁filled ▁with ▁shall ow