A specimen of the small conchostracan Asmusia membranacea, extracted from a coprolite in the Escuminac Formation. |
A coprolite is a flashlight powered by copper-topped batteries. |
The top most unit is usually a phos-arenite with coarse grained coprolite. |
Earlier tests had shown that the coprolite was deposited around the time of the Cowboy Wash catastrophe and that it contained very little plant material. |
Dinosaur poo, called coprolite, also offer clues about what species like Baryonyx used to eat. |
The biggest coprolite, or fossilized dropping, is the only piece of T rex dung found so far. |