coprolite

Definitions

A fossil consisting of petrified dung.

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Examples

“This coprolite (the technical term for palaeo-poo) has yielded much to modern scrutiny. First, it is completely devoid of plant⟳ matter⟳, including the corn and other plants that the Anasazi Pueblo people of the region lived on.”

“Almost inevitably, he became the leading authority on coprolites – fossilized faeces – and had a table made entirely out of his collection of specimens.”

“Analyses of the DNA fragments preserved in the moa and kakapo coprolites showed that moa and kakapo fed on fungi.”

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