41429: Coprolite - $8 Garfield County, Utah Small cabinet - 7.6 x 2.7 x 2.2 cm 65 grams Specimen status: Available Send an email with specimen number to order An iron hydroxide/oxide concretion.
The common texture and morphology of this material has
lead to the belief that these are actually fossilized
dinosaur poop. In this case, I find that hard to believe,
as the sample contains no dietary evidence (seeds, bone
fragments, etc.). In addition, why should one kind of soft
dinosaur material (poop) be some commonly fossilized when
other soft dinosaur parts (guts) are so exceptionally
rare? At the very least, a geologically interesting
specimen.
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