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Examples of coprolite
coprolite
Some of the coprolite samples also contained DNA similar to red fox, coyote or wolf.
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Buckland coins the term coprolite for them, and uses them to analyze ancient food chains.
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When mixed with sulphuric acid, the coprolite forms a fertiliser.
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Mainly local labour was used in shovelling the coprolite from the pit, for washing and sorting.
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The rusty-brown mounds, known in scientific circles as coprolite, are expected to fetch more than $350.
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Windows, sedimentary coprolite that it is, is guaranteed to survive by virtue of incumbency, not of utility.
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Parasite eggs in a shark coprolite.
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During the late 19th century, coprolite, a phosphate-rich fossil used as a fertiliser, was mined in shallow pits around the village.
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Dinosaur coprolite-fossilized dung-indicate that, while some ate angiosperms, most herbivorous dinosaurs ate mainly gymnosperms.
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- Fossil excrement; petrified dung
- A coprolite is fossilized animal dung. Coprolites are classified as trace fossils as opposed to body fossils, as they give evidence for the animal's behaviour (in this case, diet) rather than morphology. ...
- Fossilized dung
- (coprolites) Fossilized feces. PICTURE
- Fossilized, desiccated< or otherwise preserved dung or human faeces. Study of coprolites can yield information on the diet, environment and habits of early peoples.
- Petrified or preserved human excrement. Considered "gold" to the modern archaeologist for the wealth of information they provide when they are re-hydrated and the contents are analyzed.
- Trace fossil representing the end product of digestion by an animal. Fossilized equivalent of feces.
- Fossilized excrement, generally black or brown, used to determine the eating habits of animals [LCOTE]
- This is fossilized animal excrement embedded in rock. Colorful specimens of dinosaur coprolite are commonly found and polished.
