Age: White River Oligocene; Location: Northwest Nebraska; Dimensions: Varies (25 mm × 20 mm); Weight: 8-10 g; Features: Many small inclusions and one has a complete toe bone from a small deer …

Looking for fossilized dinosaur poop? If so, they're called coprolites. But how do you identify coprolites? In this guide you learn what to look for

Derived from the Greek words kopros lithos, meaning "dung stone," a coprolite is the fossilized feces of ancient animals. These rare and scientifically valuable fossils are composed primarily of phosphates, …

4 days ago · How dinosaur vomit has solved these prehistoric mysteries A new pterosaur species was recently discovered in the vomit of a dino. But that's just the start of revelations from prehistoric …

Nov 27, 2024 · Researchers used fossilized poos, known scientifically as coprolites, to learn more about how dinosaurs came to rule the Earth. Researchers have conducted what could be the largest study …

Nov 27, 2024 · To better understand the extinct giants, Qvarnström and his colleagues investigated overlooked fossils known as bromalites: remnants from the digestive system — aka dinosaur poop …

Nov 13, 2025 · Coprolites are fossilized feces that have undergone mineralization over millions of years, preserving the waste products of ancient animals, including dinosaurs. The formation process begins …

Aug 9, 2024 · But there’s one type of dinosaur fossil that’s sometimes overlooked: poop. Its scientific name is coprolite. These fossilized feces are rarer than their boney counterparts, but they’re key to …

Nov 27, 2024 · It can tell scientists what extinct animals like dinosaurs ate, but more importantly the role that they played in their environment. Now, some 200-million-year old fecal and vomit samples are...

Dec 2, 2024 · Scientists have long studied fossilised bones of dinosaurs - it's what inspired the Jurassic Park films. But a team of archaeologists and biologists from Sweden, Norway, Poland, and Hungary, …