Peat Burns Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 I am wondering if any more information can be gleaned from this specimen beyond "coprolite". Bony fish? Shark? Mosasaur? Niobrara fm., Cretaceous. NW Nebraska. @GeschWhat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Tidgy's Dad Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 Nice. There was a thread about these recently, but i don't think it established which animal they were from : but this article suggests possible mosasaur origin, though not for certain. http://oceansofkansas.com/coprolite.html Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peat Burns Posted March 30, 2018 Author Share Posted March 30, 2018 2 hours ago, Tidgy's Dad said: Nice. There was a thread about these recently, but i don't thin it established which animal they were from : but this article suggests possible mosasaur origin, though not for certain. http://oceansofkansas.com/coprolite.html Thanks Adam. After I posted this, I realized that this coprolite might have come from the Pierre Shale (I know for sure the one in my other post does). I'll have to check my notes tomorrow and confirm whether or not this one is Niobrara or Pierre. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeschWhat Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 It looks like Niobrara, but I'm not as familiar with coprolites from Kansas as I am from other areas. You might have to post photos at an angle in order for me to tell if it is a spiral. It doesn't look like it has inclusions, so what ever made it likely had a very acidic digestive tract. Lori www.areallycrappystory.com/fossils www.facebook.com/fossilpoo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peat Burns Posted March 30, 2018 Author Share Posted March 30, 2018 1 hour ago, GeschWhat said: It looks like Niobrara, but I'm not as familiar with coprolites from Kansas as I am from other areas. You might have to post photos at an angle in order for me to tell if it is a spiral. It doesn't look like it has inclusions, so what ever made it likely had a very acidic digestive tract. Thanks, @GeschWhat. I'll mark the specimens accordingly. I don't see a definitive spiral on this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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