Investigating a Devonian vertebrate assemblage with synchrotron microtomography of coprolites [PDF]
Scientific ReportsFossilised faeces (coprolites) are a unique source of information as they record palaeontological evidence of animal behaviour (autecology) as well as interactions between extinct organisms and their environment (synecology).
Arnaud Rebillard +3 more
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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 +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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Frontiers in Earth Science, 2023 The Eocene Pipestone Springs Main Pocket (Renova Formation, Jefferson County, Montana, United States of America) is a locality renowned for its diverse Chadronian (late Eocene; ∼38–33.9 million years ago) mammalian fauna and abundant coprolites.
Sarah M. Jacquet +6 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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Paleoparasitological results for rodent coprolites from Santa Cruz Province, Argentina [PDF]
Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2010 The aim of this study was to examine the parasite remains present in rodent coprolites collected from the archaeological site Alero Destacamento Guardaparque (ADG) located in the Perito Moreno National Park (Santa Cruz Province, 47º57'S 72º05'W).
Norma Haydée Sardella +3 more
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Early Jurassic coprolites: insights into palaeobotany and the feeding behaviour of dinosaurs
Papers in Palaeontology, 2022 Analyses of coprolites provide important data on animal feeding and food quality, including information on the taxonomy of the biotope. Knowledge of the diet of extinct animals has implications for our understanding of the evolution of various ...
M. Barbacka +9 more
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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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Synchrotron phase-contrast microtomography of coprolites generates novel palaeobiological data
Scientific Reports, 2017 Coprolites (fossil faeces) reveal clues to ancient trophic relations, and contain inclusions representing organisms that are rarely preserved elsewhere.
Martin Qvarnström +4 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 [PDF]
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 +4 more
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