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High-resolution coproecology: using coprolites to reconstruct the habits and habitats of New Zealand's extinct upland moa (Megalapteryx didinus). [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2012
Knowledge about the diet and ecology of extinct herbivores has important implications for understanding the evolution of plant defence structures, establishing the influences of herbivory on past plant community structure and composition, and identifying
Jamie R Wood, Janet M Wilmshurst, Steven J Wagstaff, Trevor H Worthy, Nicolas J Rawlence, Alan Cooper   +5 more
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Herbivores Coprolites from Chehrabad Salt Mine of Zanjan, Iran (Sassanid Era, 224-651 AD) Reveals Eggs of Strongylidae and Anoplocephalidae Helminths

Iranian Journal of Parasitology, 2020
Background: The ancient Chehrabad Salt mine, a well-known archaeological site in Iran, has recently received increasing interest from Iranian and international archeologists.
Masoumeh MEIGOUNI, Mahsasadat MAKKI, Ali HANILOO, Zeynab ASKARI, Iraj MOBEDI, Saied Reza NADDAF, Nicole BOENKE, Thomas STOLLNER, Abolfazl AALI, Zahra HEIDARI, Gholamreza MOWLAVI   +10 more
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A megafauna's microfauna: gastrointestinal parasites of New Zealand's extinct moa (Aves: Dinornithiformes). [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2013
WE PERFORM THE FIRST MULTIDISCIPLINARY STUDY OF PARASITES FROM AN EXTINCT MEGAFAUNAL CLADE USING COPROLITES FROM THE NEW ZEALAND MOA (AVES: Dinornithiformes).
Jamie R Wood, Janet M Wilmshurst, Nicolas J Rawlence, Karen I Bonner, Trevor H Worthy, John M Kinsella, Alan Cooper   +6 more
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Integrative analysis of DNA, macroscopic remains and stable isotopes of dog coprolites to reconstruct community diet

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, Karthik Yarlagadda, Julie M. Allen, Alyssa C. Bader, Mary L. Simon, Steven R. Kuehn, Kelly S. Swanson, Tzu-Wen L. Cross, Kristin M. Hedman, Stanley H. Ambrose, Ripan S. Malhi   +10 more
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Syphacia sp. (Nematoda: Oxyuridae) in coprolites of Kerodon rupestris Wied, 1820 (Rodentia: Caviidae) from 5,300 years BP in northeastern Brazil

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2012
We present the results of paleoparasitological analyses in coprolites of Kerodon rupestris, rodent endemic to rocky areas of Brazil's semiarid region. The coprolites were collected from excavations at the archaeological site of Toca dos Coqueiros, in the
Mônica Vieira de Souza, Luciana Sianto, Marcia Chame, Luiz Fernando Ferreira, Adauto Araújo   +4 more
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BROMALITES FROM THE AMEGHINO (=NORDENSKJÖLD) FORMATION UPPER JURASSIC OF ANTARCTIC PENINSULA

Publicación Electrónica de la Asociación Paleontológica Argentina, 2023
We present the study of the bromalites retrieved from the Upper Jurassic Ameghino (=Nordenskjöld) Formation at Longing Gap in the Antarctic Peninsula. The material was morphologically and chemically analyzed.
Mauricio A. Bigurrarena Ojeda, Soledad Gouiric-Cavalli, Leandro M. Perez, Marcelo A. Reguero   +3 more
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A palaeoparasitological analysis of rodent coprolites from the Cueva Huenul 1 archaeological site in Patagonia (Argentina)

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2012
The aim of the present study was to examine the parasite fauna present in rodent coprolites collected from Cueva Huenul 1 (CH1), northern Neuquén (Patagonia, Argentina), an archaeological site that provides stratified sequences of archaeological and ...
María Ornela Beltrame, Norma Haydée Sardella, Martín Horacio Fugassa, Ramiro Barberena   +3 more
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COPROLITES FROM CALVERT CLIFFS: MIOCENE FECAL PELLETS AND BURROWED CROCODILIAN DROPPINGS FROM THE CHESAPEAKE GROUP OF MARYLAND, U.S.A.

Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia, 2022
New finds of remarkable coprolites (fossilized feces) are here reported from the famous Miocene marine sediments of the Chesapeake Group exposed along Calvert Cliffs (Maryland, U.S.A.).
STEPHEN J. GODFREY, ALBERTO COLLARETA, JOHN R. NANCE   +2 more
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Fossil coprolites of Meso-Cenozoic animals as a source of mineralogical-geochemical, paleontological and paleoecological information

Литосфера, 2019
Research subject. In this article, we present the results of comparative mineralogical and geochemical studies of organic remains and coprolites from the Lower Triassic and Paleogene continental deposits of the Northern Urals and East Kazakhstan.Methods.
V. I. Silaev, N. P. Yushkin, V. A. Zharkov, D. V. Kiseleva, V. P. Lyutoev, Y. S. Simakova, V. N. Filippov   +6 more
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CHARACTERISTICS OF HUMUS AND COPROLITES OF EATHWORMS IN AGRO-SODDY PODZOLIC SOILS

Бюллетень Почвенного института им. В.В. Докучаева, 2012
It has been experimentally established that coprolites of earthworms have an increased content of carbon (33-51%) and nitrogen (3-50%) as compared to the surrounding soil.
O. V. Kutovaya
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