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Re: Dinosaur find in Italy



On Wed, 25 Mar 1998, WOlewiler wrote:
> *** Well-preserved dinosaur found in Italy
> 
> Italian paleontologists said Wednesday they had unearthed one of the
> best preserved dinosaurs found anywhere in the world, complete with
> internal organs and muscles. The young theropod, named Scipionyx
> samniticus, is more than 110 million years old and is a distant
> cousin of Tyrannosaurus rex, the king of all carnivores.
> Paleontologists found the hatchling specimen in the Matese mountains
> north of Naples. Although it is an area rich in invertebrate fossils
> and fish no one imagined it contained dinosaur remains. See
> http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2553481026-603

Pictures anywhere?

Rich