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Hello I found this and some other clusters and other fossils in another area. I tried to find one like it but all this other snarge comes up and with out a reg computer it's really faustrating, This cheap phone that red cross gave me after the fire really doesn't take good pic The other items are I believe is sandstone but this person's here says they look like concrete. Thanks I hope the pic are fine
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Hi all, This was picked up along Lake Michigan in Wisconsin US. was close to developed area so rock may have been brought in from another location for erosion prevention. thanks in advance!
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I found this among a large amount of Ceratopsian bone. Is it what I think it is or a just a coincidence of nature? Judith River Formation on the Milk River.
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Hello again. Curious if you're thinking this may be copralite or fossil bone also didnt lick this one w the poop factor and all!! Lol Hoping someone can tell what it is thanks!
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No location unfortunately as I bought this at an auction for my toddler (who loves dinosaurs and also poop). I am dying to know what creature plopped this deuce so my son and I can learn more about it. I know some of you on here are experts on ancient excrement, thanks for your help!! Measures: 4.5” x 1.5” Weight: 8.5 oz
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From the album: Muncie Creek Shale Phosphatic Nodules
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Hi! My name is Annika and I'm younger than you think. Anyway, I sliced open a dinosaur coprolite the other day and I was surprised to find crystals! The camera won't capture it but there's the poop!
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Found in northern Wisconsin. I'm new to fossil hunting. Anyway to identify if this is coprolite with this image? I have more photos if needed. Thank in advance!
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Hello watching the trees dancing in the near hurricane winds and of course am daydreaming about sharking (as my wife calls it) i occasionally pick up a piece and hopeful but unsure if it’s a fossil, bring it home only to see when it dries out that it’s just a piece of wood. Ive kept a couple and the 3rd photo I still think may be a piece of modern poop. Anyone else keeping wood?
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I just got back from Satellite Beach, Florida and picked up something that looked like a coprolite. There were many of them and I grabbed the smallest one. How do I know what it is?
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Happy National poop day everybody. It is clear we are running out of things to celebrate but as they say “post some coprolite or get of the pot” Lyme Regis , Black Ven Jurassic age (loser Lias). Somebody had a fish super.
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Hello fellow Fossil friends. I have what I was told is Coprolite. I've seen so much fake ones at shows that I never know what's real or what's fake I'm member of a very well respected and major Fossil club and they said "as far as they know, it's real." I got conflicting answers. Every time I go in my fossil cabinet, I just can't tell if I picked up a dud or a genuine piece. The details are: Miocene epoch Wilkes fm Salmon Creek Washington Thank you for any help anyone can assist me with this
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From the album: Dinosaurs
A chunk and a slice of dinosaur coprolites bought at a nearby rock store. Species, location, and age unknown. Despite being what they are, they both have a nice red coloring.- 1 comment
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Rather than writing information about coprolite identification on multiple threads, I thought I would post information about coprolite identification here so it can be referenced in ID threads (I'm getting lazy, I know). I was also thinking it might be fun for others to post coprolites in their own collections so others can use them for comparison. So here we go: IDENTIFYING COPROLITES: Not all rocks that look like poop have a fecal origin. Here are a few things to consider when trying to make this determination: 1. Location, Location, Location – If you haven’t guessed, the first and most important thing to consider is the location your rock was found. Don’t expect to find a coprolite unless you find it in geologic area/layer where other fossils are found. If you find things like bones, teeth and fish scales, or prehistoric tracks, you may just be in in luck. 2. Shape – While fecal matter can be rather freeform when exposed to the elements or when digestion issues arise, most coprolites are shaped like poo. As with modern extrusions, fossilized feces can be shaped like pellets, spirals, scrolls, logs, piles, etc. Their shape is dependent on shape of their producers intestinal and anal structure. Look for things like compaction folds and pinch marks. 3. Texture - Most coprolites are fine grained. If your specimen appears granular under magnification, it is most likely not a coprolite. There are some exceptions, such as marine creatures that feed on bottom sediments or coral. That is why knowing the location and geology of the area where it was discovered is so important. 4. Inclusions – Many times, coprolites will have visible inclusions. Things like fish scales, bone fragments, and teeth may not get fully digested, and can be visible on the surface. Some animals ingest stones for ballast or digestive purposes. These are known as gastroliths, and if present, are generally smooth. 5. Composition – Because herbivore scat tends to break a part and decompose rapidly, it rarely survives the fossilization process. So most fossil poo that is found is from carnivores. The reason for this is that their poo is usually high in calcium phosphate, the same mineral found in our bones. This mineral can appear in many forms. It can be hard and dense or soft and porous. If the potential coprolite appears soft and porous, there is a quick test that is often used in the field. If you touch to stone to the tip of your tongue and it sticks, chances are, it is high in calcium phosphate and could be a coprolite. If you are not that brave, you can also touch it with wet fingers to see if it feels sticky, but this is not nearly as fun. If the calcium phosphate takes a harder, denser form the “lick test” won’t work. In some instances, chemical analysis is required to definitively identify the mineral composition. @Carl do you have anything you want to add?
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Attached pictures are of a stone I discovered in our garden after receiving a load of landscape rock, believe they cam from Colorado. This particular stone is shaped like a road apple left by a horse. It is domed with a flat side like, as I said, a road apple left by a horse. Some of the surfaces are similar to a hard gray shell; while those areas where the shell has broken away are loosely packed red, black and clear crystalyn material that crumbles easily from the stone with light touch of the finger. Any ideas?
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Hi! Found this today in Great Morava river ( Serbia )...Looks like some sort of maybe fossilized imprint of something? And also second,not sure,but looks like a fossilized poop.I will post now pics:
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A few months ago I was helped here to identify a clam fossil and now near the same area I have found this. It doesn't match any images that I have found searching. Thank you.
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My wife brought this out of our shed in her little work wagon today. Two of these dino poops wiegh in at about 20 to 40 pounds!!! Does anyone our there in the Fossil Forum think that these can be sold? The cost of shipping alone would be a small fortune! Just wondering. Not sure what to do with these? RB
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I saw this and it struck me as dino poop. I was in st thomas us virgin islands. The spheres were about 1.5 to 2 inches in diameter.
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Is this coprolite? I am new to fossil hunting and found this Sunday while hiking. Rock weighs about 10 pounds and is 9 inches long. Found in an area where coprolite is found. Mohave Valley, AZ