But they weren't interested in the dinosaurs' bones. Instead, they looked at the dinos' fossilized vomit and poop — known as regurgitalites and coprolites, respectively. These can provide vital ...

Some coprolites even contained large quantities of charcoal alongside plant remains. "Our research is innovative because we ...

So in the summer of 2021, Aase dropped off 5-gallon buckets at the quarries and asked diggers to toss in coprolites — the fossilized poop that is abundant at these sites. When the buckets filled, he ...

The Poozeum, with its more than 7,000 coprolite specimens ... He already loved dinosaurs and fossils but had never heard of fossilised poop. “It was funny. It was gross,” he said.

Children heard stories of fossil hunting and examined real fossils at the library's Storytime. Youngsters even ...

Coprolites are the fossilised faeces of animals that lived millions of years ago. They are trace fossils, meaning not of the animal's actual body. A coprolite like this can give scientists clues about ...