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  1. Coprolite
    Coprolite meaning dung stone - kopros means dung and lithikos means stone in Greek) is fossilized feces. Coprolites record the diet and habitat of prehistoric animals. Coprolites up to 40 cm (16 inches) in diameter have been found, probably from a sauropod , considering the size. Recently, a huge T....
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  2. Coprolite
    Cop'ro·lite noun [ Greek ko`pros dung + -lite .] (Paleon.) A piece of petrified dung; a fossil excrement.
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  3. coprolite
    noun fossil excrement; petrified dung
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  4. Coprolite
    • (n.) A piece of petrified dung; a fossil excrement.
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  5. coprolite
    the fossilized excrement of animals. The English geologist William Buckland coined the term in 1835 after he and fossilist Mary Anning recognized ...
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  6. coprolite
    coprolite, coprolites Fossilized fecal (faedal) material.
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  7. Coprolite
    A coprolite is fossilized animal feces. Coprolites are classified as trace fossils as opposed to body fossils, as they give evidence for the animal`s behaviour (in this case, diet) rather than morphology. The name is derived from the Greek words κοπρος / kopros meaning `dung` and λιθος /...
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  8. Coprolite
    Coprolite is the fossilised excrement of reptiles (dinosaur dung, so to speak). They occur in the form of nodules and contain a lot of phosphatic material. The term has come to apply to any phosphatic nodule.
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