Late Cretaceous coprolite from the Opole area (southern Poland) as evidence for a variable diet in shell-crushing shark Ptychodus (Elasmobranchii: Ptychodontidae) [PDF]
PeerJ, 2023 Background Coprolites, i.e., fossilized faeces, are an important source of knowledge on the diet and food processing mechanisms in the fossil record.
Dawid Mazurek, Mateusz Antczak
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Pollen analyses of Pleistocene hyaena coprolites from Montenegro and Serbia [PDF]
Geološki Anali Balkanskoga Poluostrva, 2007 The results of pollen analyses of hyaena coprolites from the Early Pleistocene cave of Trlica in northern Montenegro and the Late Pleistocene cave of Baranica in southeast Serbia are described.
Argant Jacqueline, Dimitrijević Vesna
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Coprolite Multimodal Analysis: A Tool for Hyaenid Predator Identification [PDF]
AnimalsPaleontologists and archeologists reconstruct ancient ecosystems using data from carnivores’ food remains. Carnivores have evolved to employ two primary feeding strategies: consuming mostly meat and focusing on both meat and bones, and these strategies ...
Yannicke Dauphin, Jean-Philip Brugal
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Fossil Biomarkers and Biosignatures Preserved in Coprolites Reveal Carnivorous Diets in the Carboniferous Mazon Creek Ecosystem [PDF]
Biology, 2022 The reconstruction of ancient trophic networks is pivotal to our understanding of ecosystem function and change through time. However, inferring dietary relationships in enigmatic ecosystems dominated by organisms without modern analogues, such as the ...
Madison Tripp +5 more
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Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) as a rapid means for assessing the source of coprolites [PDF]
iScience, 2023 Summary: The odor of rehydrated coprolites can be used as an informal means of fecal identification. To date, the analysis of volatiles emitted by coprolites from different sources has not been attempted, and the possibility of utilizing volatile organic
Wanyue Zhao +5 more
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The genome and diet of a 35,000‐year‐old Canis lupus specimen from the Paleolithic painted cave, Chauvet‐Pont d'Arc, France [PDF]
Ecology and Evolution, 2022 The Chauvet‐Pont‐d'Arc Cave (Ardèche, France) contains some of the oldest Paleolithic paintings recorded to date, as well as thousands of bones of the extinct cave bear, and some remains and footprints of other animals.
Jean‐Marc Elalouf +6 more
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First molecular data on the human roundworm Ascaris lumbricoides species complex from the Bronze and Iron Age in Hallstatt, Austria [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2023 Palaeoparasitological studies can provide valuable information on the emergence, distribution, and elimination of parasites during a particular time in the past.
Elisabeth Barsch +6 more
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Case Report: Ambergris coprolite and septicemia in a male sperm whale stranded in La Palma (Canary Islands) [PDF]
Frontiers in Veterinary ScienceOn the 21st of May 2023, a dead adult male sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) of 13 m in length and estimated weight of around 18,000 kg was reportedly stranded at Playa Los Nogales, La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain. A necropsy was performed 48hpm. A 50
Antonio Fernández +27 more
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A new fossil species of the extant genus Vicelva from mid‐Cretaceous Kachin amber (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionA new species of the extant staphylinid genus Vicelva Moore & Legner, V. rasilis sp. nov., is reported from mid‐Cretaceous Kachin amber of northern Myanmar.
Yan‐Da Li +3 more
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Intrahepatic abscess secondary to retained stercolith, following laparoscopic appendectomy [PDF]
Radiology Case Reports, 2023 Abscesses of the peritoneal cavity and in particular hepatic abscess due to stercolith retention are a rare complication of appendectomy. Their prevalence is likely to increase as laparoscopic appendectomies become more common.
Jihad Boularab +4 more
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