The first sicilian dinosaur

Hi
This is my first topic in this community.
I come from Palermo (Italy) and my name is Francesco

This year were found the first dinosaur bone in Sicily , exactly at Capaci (near Palermo)
It was found inglobate to a marine cretaceous rock (cenomaniano) and our paleontologist said that is a theropod dinosaur beacouse have a big medullary cavity surrounded by tissue.

It's only a fragment, but is the demonstraction that found dinosaurs in Sicily is possible !

What a lucky duck to be in Palermo for such an exciting find. Definitely therapod and truly well preserved. Love to hear udpates as you continue the dig.

Fossil Huntress wrote:

What a lucky duck to be in Palermo for such an exciting find. Definitely therapod and truly well preserved. Love to hear udpates as you continue the dig.:silly:

You are correct, Fossil Huntress! It IS theropod.

And, if it's truly medullary tissue, then you may have a brooding female theropod, Dicranurus!! Congrats!!! That is the same tissue found in modern brooding birds!! You hit the motherload!! OMG!! They found the same tissue in a well-preserved T. rex specimen and soft tissue when Mary Schweitzer deminiralized the bone. It began to act like regular living bone!! Dicranurus, You are a Lucky Guy!!!