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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From trace to trace maker: Oligocene–Miocene coprolites of southern Poland and their potential producers [PDF]
PeerJIn this paper we describe coprolites from deep-marine Oligocene sediments, shallow- and deep-marine Miocene deposits, as well as Miocene continental environments in southern and central Poland.
Tomasz Brachaniec +8 more
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Integrating paleoparasitological, paleogenetic, and archaeological data to understand the paleoecological scenario of pre-Columbian archaeological site Gruta do Gentio II, Brazil [PDF]
Frontiers in MicrobiologyPaleoparasitology and paleogenetics is the study parasites in ancient remains from latrines, mummified individuals, and coprolites, that is fossilized or desiccated feces.
Ludmila Gurjão +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 ...
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Ground squirrel coprolites preserve complex archives of ancient environmental DNA over 700,000 years [PDF]
Nature CommunicationsPermafrost-preserved ground squirrel (Urocitellus) burrows in Yukon, Canada contain coprolites (palaeofaeces) that span from the Holocene to at least the Middle Pleistocene (~700 kya). Using shotgun metagenomics and targeted enrichment, we recover a rich,
Tyler J. Murchie +15 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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Metagenomic analyses of 7000 to 5500 years old coprolites excavated from the Torihama shell-mound site in the Japanese archipelago. [PDF]
PLoS ONECoprolites contain various kinds of ancient DNAs derived from gut micro-organisms, viruses, and foods, which can help to determine the gut environment of ancient peoples.
Luca Nishimura +11 more
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Viruses in a 14th-Century Coprolite [PDF]
Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 2014 ABSTRACT Coprolites are fossilized fecal material that can reveal information about ancient intestinal and environmental microbiota. Viral metagenomics has allowed systematic characterization of viral diversity in environmental and human-associated specimens, but little is known about the viral diversity in fossil remains.
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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 Technological Advance and Application of Coprolite Analysis
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2022 Coprolites (mummified or fossilized feces), belonging to the group of ichnofossils, are fossilized remains of feces produced by animals. Various types of data from coprolites provide detailed evidence of the producer’s condition, like diet, intestinal ...
Liu Yang +5 more
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