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Simone Maganuco is an Italian vertebrate paleontologist associated with research and scientific outreach on fossil reptiles and dinosaurs. He has coauthored studies of Spinosaurus, including work on a juvenile pedal ungual and research on material from Morocco, and he has collaborated with the Natural History Museum of Milan and international teams. His work is relevant to researchers and museum audiences interested in dinosaur anatomy, taxonomy, and reconstruction.
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What did Simone Maganuco publish about juvenile Spinosaurus?
In 2018, Maganuco and Cristiano Dal Sasso described a tiny pedal ungual, or foot claw, from a juvenile Spinosaurus from Morocco. The paper was titled 'The smallest biggest theropod dinosaur'. [PeerJ paper](https://peerj.com/articles/4785.pdf)
What does a pedal ungual reveal about Spinosaurus?
A pedal ungual is the claw-bearing terminal bone of a dinosaur's foot, so it provides evidence about the animal's foot anatomy and growth stage. The specimen studied by Maganuco and Dal Sasso was assigned to a juvenile Spinosaurus from the Cretaceous of Morocco. [PeerJ paper](https://peerj.com/articles/4785.pdf)
Who has collaborated with Simone Maganuco on Spinosaurus research?
Cristiano Dal Sasso is a recurring collaborator in Maganuco's Spinosaurus research. Their 2018 paper examined specimen MSNM V6894, a small pedal ungual from Morocco. [PeerJ paper](https://peerj.com/articles/4785.pdf)
Which museum is associated with Maganuco's fossil-reptile research?
His Spinosaurus work has been associated with the Museo di Storia Naturale di Milano in Milan. Maganuco and Dal Sasso have also contributed to research on other fossil reptiles and dinosaurs from the museum's collections. [Nature](https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2190-3)
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