Only Known Dinosaur Fossil Found in Italy as of 1981

This picture is of a very special fossil called Scipionyx samniticus. It was found in the Le Cavere quarry at the edge of the village of Pietraroja, Italy. The theropod dinosaur would have lived in the Early Cretaceous Period (113 million years ago).

It was found by an amateur collector in 1981, by Italian law the find belonged to the state. The specimen was turned over to a museum in 1993. Fossil was on display at The Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano (Milan Natural History Museum), Italy as of August 2019.

UPDATE (December 2021):  In an article just published documents a fossilized herd of 11 Cretaceous aged dinosaurs have been found at Villaggio del Pescatore quarry outside the city of Trieste, Italy. The species has been identified as Tethyshadros insularis. The first dinosaur fossil found there was in 1996 so the fossil documented in this post as being the only one found is not correct. I have changed the wording to reflect this. The article can be found here: https://rdcu.be/cCzWN or https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-02490-x

 Citation:

Chiarenza, A.A., Fabbri, M., Consorti, L. et al. An Italian dinosaur Lagerstätte reveals the tempo and mode of hadrosauriform body size evolution. Sci Rep 11, 23295 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-02490-x

Anapaite Bivalve Fossil

Here is an image of an unidentified bivalve fossil with anapaite crystals. It was found in the Ukraine. The pelecypod would have lived in the Pliocene Epoch (3.5 mya) Neogene Period. Fossil was on display at The Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano (Milan Natural History Museum), Italy as of August 2019.

Atractostheus Fish Fossil

Here is an image of an Atractostheus fish fossil. It was found in Germany. The fish would have lived in the Eocene Epoch. Fossil was on display at The Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano (Milan Natural History Museum), Italy as of August 2019.

Paraspirifer bownockeri Brachiopod Fossil

Here is an image of a Paraspirifer bownockeri brachiopod fossil. It was found in Ohio, USA. The brachiopod lived in the Devonian Period. Fossil was on display at The Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano (Milan Natural History Museum), Italy as of August 2019.

Osteolepis Fish Fossil

Here is an image of an Osteolepis fish fossil. It was found in Scotland U.K. The fish lived in the Devonian Period. Fossil was on display at The Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano (Milan Natural History Museum), Italy as of August 2019.

Pecten Fossil

Here is an image of a Pecten fossil that is encrusted with worm tubes. It was found in Sicily, Italy. The pelecypod lived in the Quaternary Epoch. Fossil was on display at The Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano (Milan Natural History Museum), Italy as of August 2019.

Water Bird Egg Fossil

Here is an image of an unidentified water bird egg fossil. It was found in Wyoming, USA. The bird would have lived in the Eocene Epoch. Fossil was on display at The Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano (Milan Natural History Museum), Italy as of August 2019.

Protoceratops Dinosaur Egg Fossil

Here is an image of a Protoceratops andrewsi dinosaur egg fossil. It was found in Mongolia. The dinosaur would have existed in the Cretaceous Period. Fossil was on display at The Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano (Milan Natural History Museum), Italy as of August 2019.

Bison priscus Fossil

Bison priscus mammal fossil on display at The Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano (Milan Natural History Museum), Italy as of August 2019. The fossil was found in Serbia. It dates to the upper Pleistocene Epoch (10 million - 80,000 years ago).

Tripneustes parkinsoni Sand Dollar Fossil

Tripneustes parkinsoni echinoid fossil on display at The Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano (Milan Natural History Museum), Italy as of August 2019. The fossil was found in France. It dates to the lower Miocene Epoch (20 million years ago).

Campanile cornucopiae Gastropod Fossil

Campanile cornucopiae gastropod fossil on display at The Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano (Milan Natural History Museum), Italy as of August 2019. The fossil was found in France. It dates to the middle Miocene Epoch (45 million years ago).

Albertella helena Trilobite Fossil

Here is a picture of an Albertella helena trilobite fossil. The fossil was found in the United States and dates to the Cambrian Period.
It was on display at Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano (Milan Natural History Museum)  in Italy on August 2019.

Laevaptychus Pelecypod Fossil

Laevaptychus sp. pelecypod fossil on display at The Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano (Milan Natural History Museum), Italy as of August 2019. The fossil was found in Patagonia, Argentina. It dates to the upper Jurassic Period (150 million years ago).

UPDATE: I made a mistake at identifying this fossil earlier. The name is updated.

Iridescent Placenticeras meeki Ammonite Fossil

Iridescent Placenticeras meeki ammonite fossil on display at The Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano (Milan Natural History Museum), Italy as of August 2019. It is quite a beautiful fossil and probably one of the most valuable (price-wise) with exception to the dinosaurs on display there.
It dates to the upper Cretaceous Period and was found in Canada. I would estimate the fossil was at least 30 cm in diameter.

What makes the fossil so valuable is that it is composed of a organic gem-like material ammolite. Ammolite is a biogenic gemstone like pearl and amber. The material comes from the ancient shells of cephalopods. The creatures swam in what was known as the Western Interior Seaway which stretched from today's Arctic Ocean, through western Canada and United States and down to the Gulf of Mexico.