coprolite
Americannoun
noun
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Paleontology - High School
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The feathers inside the coprolite are the first ever identified from a hesperornithiform.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 11, 2026
Among the fossilised finds, is "Barnum", the largest coprolite found that belongs to a carnivore, which measures at 67.5cm.
From BBC ● Jun. 2, 2024
They selected a coprolite fragment nearly 2 centimeters long that, based on its broken ends, suggested it was part of a much larger piece that might be more likely to contain things inside it.
From Science Magazine ● Jun. 30, 2021
“It’s already tiny. It’s already living in masses—otherwise there’s no way the coprolite could be full of it,” he says.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 30, 2021
The Suffolk beds have been worked since 1846; and immense quantities of coprolite have also been obtained from Essex, Norfolk and Cambridgeshire.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 3 "Convention" to "Copyright" by Various
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