Jump to content

What was for supper? Did they love meeces to pieces in the Oligocene?


GeschWhat

Recommended Posts

Since I couldn't go out to dig for fossils, I decided to go on a micro dig. Today's dig was in a coprolite fragment from the Oligocene. Prior to excavation, the broken face of the coprolite looked like this. You can see a little bit of bone peeking through.

Pre-prep-1.thumb.jpg.e108bd29a437617704d51183f06360a7.jpg

After about an hour of excavation under 40X magnification, I uncovered what I think is a rodent tooth and possibly a toe bone and claw??? What do you think? Does anyone out there know their Rupelian rodents?

Carnivore-Coprolite-Brule-Bone-Tooth-Inclusions-prepped.thumb.jpg.dbc69d844f2959e64a93e01f36a4d42a.jpg

 

Grinding Surface of the tooth:

Carnivore-Coprolite-Brule-Bone-Tooth-Surface.jpg.7d4697db4e8add7d6c3070259c624965.jpg

 

Side view showing roots:

Carnivore-Coprolite-Brule-Bone-Tooth-Side.thumb.jpg.21d4c6daf1e171d7362789c1505034f1.jpg

 

Small toe bone and claw or an fractured toe/foot bone?

Carnivore-Coprolite-Brule-Bone-Toe-Claw.thumb.jpg.fb1c6513eb55262adbf8de1ceb59f8a0.jpg

 

Is fossil poop cool or what???

  • I found this Informative 7
Link to comment
Share on other sites

21 minutes ago, GeschWhat said:

Did you have to "excavate" it or was it exposed on the surface? Do you have a photo of the whole coprolite?

 

Hello GeschWhat,
The tooth is on the surface. There is another, in a worse state, at another point in the coprolite. There are also fragments of vertebrae. It is a fragment of a coprolite. Tomorrow I'll take some pictures with natural light.

 

23 minutes ago, GeschWhat said:

That is a beauty

 

 Thank you :)

 

And...HappyPoo2.gifthis cartoon is great! 

 

Greetings,

 

Ricardo

  • I found this Informative 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites

49 minutes ago, GeschWhat said:

Truly a thing of beauty !

I agree :)  I managed to collect a handful of beautiful specimens

 

smell-clipart-41.thumb.jpg.dba1b85647a1bb97731a2bca2594c6f6.jpg

 

I will post a few pics if you like.

  • I found this Informative 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
×
×
  • Create New...