NEW YORK — Using fossilized feces and vomit samples from Poland, scientists have reconstructed how dinosaurs came to dominate the Earth millions of years ago. Researchers aren’t sure whether ...

It features the world's largest display of coprolites — fossilized poop. Why it matters: Coprolites can shed light on prehistoric animals' habitat, range and diet. Zoom in: Frandsen started ...

“We have space in the bathrooms!” And what do you exhibit in the bathroom of a park famous for its fossils? Fossilized feces, of course. A little fuzzy on the different eras of time, geologically ...

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Although they may look like nothing more than pale rocks, these fossilized feces are treasure troves of genetic material, offering clues not only about the producer of the feces, but also about ...

Other evidence comes à la fossilized poop — or, more delicately, coprolites. If a coprolite can be linked to the creature that made it, any contents can be reasonably identified as a part of ...

Dinosaur footprints and worm burrows are examples of trace fossils, as are coprolites (fossilized dung or feces). In the kits, the coprolite (1), theropod track (17), and synapsid track (18) are trace ...

Paleontologists also found fossilized poop, plants and bivalve mollusks at the site. Since the bones don’t appear to have been moved by strong currents, researchers suspect the creatures died ...

and fossilized poop, called coprolites. These additional findings provide context for the environment in which these amphibians lived and died. The cause of death of the metoposaurid temnospondyls ...