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Something looks familiar in my coprolite - and it's not corn!


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I have finally had a chance to start looking at the poop I won in @sixgill pete's shell game. Something about the inclusion in this little nugget looks familiar, but I can't quite place it. Maybe it's just because it looks a little like the dried and flattened frogs I see in my daughters driveway. :( It was found by the aforementioned esteemed forum member along the Cape Fear River and is believed to be from the Bladen Formation (Black Creek Group). Ideas?

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13 minutes ago, GeschWhat said:

I think it is bone. :)

If you knew what animal it was from,that would nearly give it away.

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1 hour ago, DatFossilBoy said:

If you knew what animal it was from,that would nearly give it away.

Based on what I've seen in my yard, my guess is that the critter would be the size of a medium dog. That's about as close as I can get to identifying the poopetrator. :D

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Guys, you are great ! :rofl:

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I'm wondering what might these be? Maybe remains of vertebrae? :)

 

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I asked for that! Way over popped. :hearty-laugh:

2 hours ago, abyssunder said:

I'm wondering what might these be? Maybe remains of vertebrae? :)

Hey - I recognize that vertebra! Those areas you circled are clam borings, ridges and mineral staining. There is only one other area with tiny bone inclusions. I suppose it could be a compressed vertebra. The piece that is broken off and off the the side a little looks like it could be part of one. There is just something about the ridge along the edge that makes me think I've seen something like it before. Could it be a scute of some sort? This is the wrong time period, but the broken piece looks a little like this unidentified scale/scute from Merritt Island.

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Well, I'm not familiar with the Bladen Formation. Is that terrestrial or marine in origin?

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@GeschWhat Interesting. So many of the coprolites that I have from that location are full of inclusions, Lori. But I honestly have no idea what yours may be.

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Just now, abyssunder said:

Well, I'm not familiar with the Bladen Formation. Is that terrestrial or marine in origin?

The Bladen Formation is Cretaceous Marine. 

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3 minutes ago, sixgill pete said:

The Bladen Formation is Cretaceous Marine. 

Thank you. :)

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19 hours ago, GeschWhat said:

I have finally had a chance to start looking at the poop I won in @sixgill pete's shell game. Something about the inclusion in this little nugget looks familiar, but I can't quite place it. Maybe it's just because it looks a little like the dried and flattened frogs I see in my daughters driveway. :( It was found by the aforementioned esteemed forum member along the Cape Fear River and is believed to be from the Bladen Formation (Black Creek Group). Ideas?

Coprolite-Inclusion-1-Cape-Fear-Views.jpg

The closeup looks almost a bit like the digits of a finger or toe.

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