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Coprolite with embedded shark tooth from NSR

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Koldsimer Regular Member

Koldsimer

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Found this nice coprolite with a tiny shark tooth visible. Found last week in the North Sulfur River. The pictures don't do it justice unfortunately...

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Herb Regular Member

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That is very cool. must have hurt getting passed

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That is one of the best coprolites that I have seen.  I would'a sniffed it before picking up.  My wife hates that.

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Pure chewing satisfaction...

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GeschWhat Regular Member

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Thanks for tagging me! That is one pretty piece of poo!  Are you all sure that is a shark tooth? If I'm looking at the right area, I think the small ridge that resembles the root of a shark tooth is just coprolite material. It does look like the edge of a bone (guessing from a fish) poking through just below it. Either way, a beautiful formation.

 

 

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MeargleSchmeargl Regular Member

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Get some close-ups of that tooth? Other lighting and angles to try and make it do justice? Maybe @Al Dente can help with what the tooth-looking but is.

 

That is an incredibly cool piece of dookie! Fotm? :dinosmile:

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Now the question remains, did the pooper swallow a shark whole or was there simply a coprophagus shark that thought poop would make a good snack? :zzzzscratchchin:

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bone2stone Regular Member

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Looks like boney material with some of the matrix encasing it.

Too much bone not enough poo.

Could be just a coprolite worn down to the hardest part of the specimen.

 

There should be something for scale.

BTW: I can't find the tooth.

Jess B

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