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Delwin Glasner posted a new specimen. 4 years, 2 months ago
4 years, 2 months ago4 years, 2 months agoDelwin Glasner has contributed specimen mFeM 65422 to myFOSSIL!
Delwin Glasner posted a new specimen. 4 years, 2 months ago
Delwin Glasner has contributed specimen mFeM 65422 to myFOSSIL!
Coprolite, Bad news is that other than probably shark with a spiral intestine form (as opposed to scroll type), you really can’t narrow it down much further. Good news is that millions of years from now you may leave something behind to remember you by.
Funny
By the way, where the name coprolite came from: In the late 1800’s Othneil Marsh and Drinker Cope were both Paleontologists working for competing museums collecting fossils (primarily dinosaurs but others as well) in the Western US. They started out as best buddies but soon started hating each other. Marsh named coprolites after his ex-best buddy.
Thanks for the history lesson. Maybe we need to name a shark tooth shaped coprolite after you and call it Heimolite.
There are a few people researching coprolites as they can reveal details on the diet of the animal and even preserve parasites. I have one which appears to have part of a ray dentition in it.
There was no personal offense intended. I use this joke all the time when I am giving a talk.
I usually throw back the coprolites because they are hard to I.D. and they smell
A friend of mine had a very funny story regarding “coprolites”.
Bill speaking of coprolites – I just tried the Taxon Wizard and it does not work.
Hi, @Delwin-Glasner, to make this more easily searchable for the eMuseum, can you enter “Ichnofossil” into the phylum?