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The Controversial Origin of Ferruginous “Coprolites”

Minerals
Ferruginous bromalites (coprolites and cololites) occur in enormous quantities in the Upper Cretaceous Whitemud Formation of Saskatchewan, Canada, and in Miocene deposits in Madagascar and southwest Washington, USA. The origins of these specimens have been the subject of diverse and often conflicting interpretations. This paper includes some discussion
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Early Permian terrestrial apex predator regurgitalite indicates opportunistic feeding behaviour. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Rebillard A, Jannel A, Marchetti L, MacDougall MJ, Hamann C, Steyer JS, Fröbisch J.   +6 more
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Deciphering Diets and Lifestyles of Prehistoric Humans through Paleoparasitology: A Review. [PDF]

Genes (Basel), 2023
Wiscovitch-Russo RA, Santiago-Rodriguez TM, Toranzos GA.   +2 more
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DNA and spores from coprolites reveal that colourful truffle-like fungi endemic to New Zealand were consumed by extinct moa (Dinornithiformes). [PDF]

Biol Lett
Boast AP, Wood JR, Cooper J, Bolstridge N, Perry GLW, Wilmshurst JM.   +5 more
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Analysis of microbiome diversity in coprolites from Caral, Peru. [PDF]

Bioinformation, 2022
Luis JV, Andréeacute S VS, Levano KS, Pedro NB, Marco MR, Ruth GD, Rony CC, Diana PL, Sharma AK, Samuel D, Pedro O FV, Raul J C, A G, Ruth SS, Heinner G.   +14 more
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Determining whether a phosphatic concretion containing a Cretaceous juvenile crocodylian is a coprolite or a non-fecal concretion. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Allen RC, Chin K, Zawaski M, Bevitt JJ, Smiglewski W.   +4 more
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Microbiome characterization of a pre-Hispanic man from Zimapán, Mexico: Insights into ancient gut microbial communities. [PDF]

PLoS One
Rosas-Plaza S, Mainou L, Delgado G, Morales R, Aguilar-Romero A, Escalante AE, Cerritos R.   +6 more
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First discovery of parasite eggs in a vertebrate coprolite of the Late Triassic in Thailand. [PDF]

PLoS One, 2023
Nonsrirach T, Morand S, Ribas A, Manitkoon S, Lauprasert K, Claude J.   +5 more
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ParaRef: a decontaminated reference database for parasite detection in ancient and modern metagenomic datasets. [PDF]

Genome Biol
Niemann J, Huang Y, Lanigan LT, Willingham Grijalba AL, Dunn RR, Sikora M, Schroeder H.   +6 more
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Targeted pathogen profiling of ancient feces reveals common enteric infections in the Rio Zape Valley, 725-920 CE. [PDF]

PLoS One
Capone D, Holcomb D, Lai A, Meade T, Reinhard K, Brown J.   +5 more
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