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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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Beetle-bearing coprolites possibly reveal the diet of a Late Triassic dinosauriform [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2019 Diets of extinct animals can be difficult to analyse if no direct evidence, such as gut contents, is preserved in association with body fossils. Inclusions from coprolites (fossil faeces), however, may also reflect the diet of the host animal and become ...
Martin Qvarnström +2 more
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Edible flora in pre-Columbian Caribbean coprolites: Expected and unexpected data. [PDF]
PLoS One, 2023 Coprolites, or mummified feces, are valuable sources of information on ancient cultures as they contain ancient DNA (aDNA). In this study, we analyzed ancient plant DNA isolated from coprolites belonging to two pre-Columbian cultures (Huecoid and ...
Reynoso-García J +4 more
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Exceptionally well-preserved crocodilian coprolites from the Late Eocene of Northern Vietnam: Ichnology and paleoecological significance. [PDF]
iScience, 2023 Summary This study examines 55 coprolites from the Na Duong Basin to reconstruct the paleoenvironment. Coproecology sheds light on understanding the complex prey-predator relationships, trophic dynamics, and ecosystem evolution.
Halaçlar K +6 more
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Digesting an ancient ecosystem: coprolites from the Grippia bonebed, Lower Triassic, Svalbard. [PDF]
PeerJThe marine Grippia bonebed from Vikinghøgda Formation, Lower Triassic, Svalbard is composed of scattered skeletal remains, teeth and coprolites. From this, five coprolite morphotypes have been identified and described.
Simonsen V +4 more
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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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Scientific Reports, 2021 Paleofeces or coprolites are often used to reconstruct diet at archaeological sites, usually using macroscopic analyses or targeted DNA amplification and sequencing.
Kelsey E. Witt +10 more
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Scientific Reports, 2021 In this paper, seven coprolites from the Lower Cretaceous of Tsagan-Tsab formation have been described. Thus, producing a significant contribution to what we perceived as the first detailed study of coprolites from the Mesozoic deposits in Mongolia.
Paul Rummy, Kazim Halaclar, He Chen
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The characterization of bearded vulture (Gypaetus barbatus) coprolites in the archaeological record. [PDF]
Sci Rep, 2023 The archaeological record of the Lagar Velho rock shelter (Lapedo Valley, Leiria, Portugal) bears testimony to several significant Upper Palaeolithic occupations, most notably the Lapedo Child burial (LV1) dating from the Gravettian.
Sanz M, Daura J, Costa AM, Araújo AC.
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Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2023 The study of macroscopic, microscopic, and biomolecular remains recovered from coprolites can provide a wide range of information on past human and animal behavior and environments.
John C. Blong +5 more
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