The Tiny Dinosaur that Roared: the story of Scipionyx

Scipionyx is a tiny theropod dinosaur discovered in Italy, that continues to surprise paleontologists. Was it a tiny juvenile of small dinosaur, or a baby of a much larger dinosaur? In this video I discuss the debate about this unique and tiny dinosaur.

Also check out this initial paper, published in Nature:

Also be sure to check out Andrea Cau's blog:

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I heard that the maximum size a dinosaur egg could get was the size of a soccerball, and any larger would require a shell too thick to allow gas exchange which would suffocate the dinosaur within. This would mean that the hatchlings would start off comparatively tiny to the adults they would become.

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[oldgamerchick]

Amazing little dinosaur fantastic find. Thank you for this very informative post. 🙃☕❤❤❤❤

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[markgorman]

Great video, Ben. An interesting conundrum!