Coprolite
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A coprolite is fossilized feces. Coprolites are classified as trace fossils as opposed to body fossils, as they give evidence for the animal's behaviour rather than morphology. The name derives from A
A large coprolite of a carnivorous dinosaur found in Harding County, South Dakota, US
A large Miocene coprolite from South Carolina, US
Coprolites found on the Blahnita riverbed, Romania, showing a seed inclusion (right specimen)
A large coprolite from South Carolina, US
Mary Anning
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Mary Anning was an English fossil collector, dealer, and palaeontologist. She became known internationally for her discoveries in Jurassic marine fossil beds in the cliffs along the English Channel at
Coprolite
…for ancient human fecal material in archaeological contexts. The study of coprolites in Japan was pioneered by Michiko Chiura. British fossil hunter Mary Anning noticed as early as 1824 that "bezoar stones" were often found in the abdominal region of ichthyosaur skeletons found in the Lias formation at Lyme…
Anning with her dog, Tray, painted before 1842; the hill Golden Cap can be seen in the background.
Blue plaque where Mary Anning was born and had her first fossil shop, now the Lyme Regis Museum
1842 sketch of Anning's house
Blue Lias cliffs, Lyme Regis