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Exceptional coprolite association from the Early Cretaceous continental Lagerstätte of Las Hoyas, Cuenca, Spain.

PLoS ONE, 2018
Coprolites are some of the most abundant fossils at the Las Hoyas site, a well-known Early Cretaceous Konservat-Lagerstätte located in Cuenca, central Spain.
Sandra Barrios-de Pedro, Francisco José Poyato-Ariza, José Joaquín Moratalla, Ángela D Buscalioni   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Interpreting a Legacy Fossil Assemblage Excavated From Waribruk (New Guinea II Cave), GunaiKurnai Aboriginal Country, Snowy River National Park, Southeastern Australia

Archaeology in Oceania, Volume 61, Issue 2, Page 253-276, July 2026.
ABSTRACT In this paper we report on faunal remains recovered from a legacy archaeological excavation undertaken in the rockshelter entrance of Waribruk (New Guinea II Cave), a GunaiKurnai site located on the west bank of the Snowy River, East Gippsland, southeastern Australia.
Matthew C. McDowell, Bruno David, Jean‐Jacques Delannoy, Russell Mullett, Fiona Petchey, Helen Green, Joanna Fresløv, GunaiKurnai Land and Waters Aboriginal Corporation   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

A GIS‐Based Approach to Modeling Carnivore Activity in the Pleistocene Site of Cova del Rinoceront (Iberian Peninsula)

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, Volume 36, Issue 4, Page 908-924, July/August 2026.
ABSTRACT A significant methodological difficulty in the interpretation of Pleistocene zooarchaeological assemblages is the identification of taphonomic agents that modify and break bones. Carnivores, in particular, have been a main focus, as competition with carnivores may have affected carcass acquisition opportunities for humans in the past.
Gerard Terrón‐Marín, Joan Daura, Jennifer Parkinson, Montserrat Sanz   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Unearthing Mesozoic beetles through micro‐computed tomography: A new family of Archostemata and the first representatives of Ommatidae and †Notocupes from the Crato Formation

Systematic Entomology, Volume 51, Issue 3, July‐September 2026.
First formally described Archostemata beetles from the Lower Cretaceous Crato Formation are reported, representing the earliest records of the suborder from western Gondwana. Micro‐computed tomography enabled three‐dimensional reconstruction of partially exposed fossils, revealing previously hidden dorsal and ventral morphological characters relevant ...
Gabriel Biffi, Anderson Lepeco, Rolf G. Beutel   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Eating lizards: a millenary habit evidenced by Paleoparasitology

BMC Research Notes, 2012
Background Analyses of coprolites have contributed to the knowledge of diet as well as infectious diseases in ancient populations. Results of paleoparasitological studies showed that prehistoric groups were exposed to spurious and zoonotic parasites ...
Sianto Luciana, Teixeira-Santos Isabel, Chame Marcia, Chaves Sergio M, Souza Sheila M, Ferreira Luiz, Reinhard Karl, Araujo Adauto   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Millennium of Coastside Occupation. Micromorphological Insights From the Indigenous Site of Las Estacas Cave, Tenerife

Geoarchaeology, Volume 41, Issue 3, May/June 2026.
ABSTRACT The archaeological site of Las Estacas Cave (NW Tenerife, Canary Islands) preserves some of the earliest human occupations in Tenerife, dating to the 2nd century CE, spanning the entire pre‐European time range up to the 15th century. Using soil micromorphology, this study applies a geoarchaeological approach to reconstruct site formation ...
Pedro García‐Villa, Cristo M. Hernández, Carolina Mallol   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Estudo de coprólito da bacia sedimentar do Araripe por meios de espectroscopia FT-IR e difração de Raios-X Study of coprolites from the Araripe sedimentary basin through FT-IR spectroscopy and x-ray diffraction

Química Nova, 2007
Coprolites are fossilized faeces that constitute an important source of palaeobiological informations. This paper describes the characterization of some coprolite materials originated from the Romualdo Member of the Santana Formation (Araripe Basin ...
Ricardo Jorge Cruz Lima, Paulo de Tarso Cavalcante Freire, José Marcos Sasaki, Antonio Álamo Feitosa Saraiva, Silvania Lanfredi, Marcos Augusto de Lima Nobre   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Tick From a Prehistoric Arizona Coprolite

Journal of Parasitology, 2008
Ticks have never been reported in archaeological analyses. Here, we present the discovery of a tick from a coprolite excavated from Antelope Cave in extreme northwest Arizona. Dietary analysis indicates that the coprolite has a human origin. This archaeological occupation is associated with the Ancestral Pueblo culture (Anasazi).
Johnson, Keith L., Reinhard, Karl J., Sianto, Luciana, Araújo, Adauto, Gardner, Scott Lyell, Janovy, John J., Jr.   +5 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Neo‐Taphonomic Analysis of Prey Bone Remains Accumulated by Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos): A Case of Nests in Southern France

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, Volume 36, Issue 3, Page 481-497, May/June 2026.
ABSTRACT The golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) nests in rock cavities where it accumulates prey bone remains during the breeding season. Because nests can be reoccupied from year to year, these faunal elements can form remarkable bone accumulations and, in the sub‐fossil record, be mixed with assemblages derived from human or other predator activities ...
Juliette Ripond, Véronique Laroulandie, Jean‐Baptiste Mallye, Renaud Nadal, Patrick Bayle, Christian Itty   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Analysis of COI and ITS2 regions of DNA obtained from Paragonimus westermani eggs in ancient coprolites on Joseon dynasty mummies

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2019
The genetic information of ancient Paragonimus westermani, the oriental lung fluke infecting over 20 million people worldwide, has not been thoroughly investigated thus far. We analysed genetic markers (COI and ITS2) of P.
Jong Ha Hong, Chang Seok Oh, Min Seo, Dong Hoon Shin   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source