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Literature on coprolites

Toom, U.

Abstract

Coprolites are fossilized feces. They are classified as trace fossil and give evidence for the animals's behaviour - its diet.

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High Resolution Stratigraphic Distribution of Coprolites within Eneolithic Middens, a Case Study: Hârsova-Tell (Constanta County, Southeast Romania)
Tomescu, A. M. F., Radu, V., Moise, D.
Environmental Archaeology
Year: 2003 | Volume: 8 | Pages: 97-109 | article in journal
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Digesting an ancient ecosystem: coprolites from the Grippia bonebed, Lower Triassic, Svalbard
Simonsen, V., Roberts, A. J., Engelschiøn, V. S., Hammer, Ø., Hurum, J. H.
PeerJ
Year: 2026 | Volume: 14 | Pages: e20746 | article in journal
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Bird feathers from a Late Cretaceous coprolite
O’Connor, J. K., DeMar, D. G., Carroll, N. R., Chin, K., Smith, E. A., Holland, M., Clark, A. D., Cooper, C., Kuo, P., Tobin, T. S., Celestian, A. J., Bottjer, D. J., Chiappe, L. M., Wilson Mantilla, G. P.
Current Biology
Year: 2026 | article in journal
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Coprolites from the Earliest Eocene Sundby Bed, Mors, Denmark and the Record of Marine Vertebrate Coprolites Across the Cretaceous/Paleogene Boundary
Milàn, J., Hunt, A. P., Rasmussen, J. A.
Fossil Studies
Year: 2026 | Volume: 4 | Pages: 26 | article in journal
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Ordovician Trace Fossils of Argentina
Aceńolaza, G., Aceńolaza, F. G.
Aspects of the Ordovician System in Argentina. Serie Correlación Geológica Nº 16 – 2002-
Year: 2002 | article in journal
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Investigating a Devonian vertebrate assemblage with synchrotron microtomography of coprolites
Rebillard, A., Dupret, V., Beznosov, P., Ahlberg, P. E.
Scientific Reports
Year: 2026 | Volume: 16 | article in journal
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Multiple records of tapeworm eggs from Permian coprolites and their palaeoparasitological significance
Dentzien-Dias, P., Landim Pacheco, A. C., Catafesta, L., Łaska, W., Skawina, A., De Baets, K.
Acta Palaeontologica Polonica
Year: 2026 | Volume: 71 | Pages: 323-335 | article in journal
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Paleoenvironmental significance of saproxylic invertebrate coprolites preserved in Agathoxylon fossil wood from the Araripe Basin, Brazil
Catharina, A. S., Nascimento, D. L., Varejão, F. G., Rodrigues, M. G., Simões, M. G., Assine, M. L.
Evolving Earth
Year: 2026 | Volume: 4 | Pages: 100137 | article in journal
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Microcommacopros, a replacement name for the coprolite Commacopros Hunt, Nielsen & Milàn, 2026
Hunt, A. P., Nielsen, K. A., Milàn, J.
Bulletin of the Geological Society of Denmark
Year: 2026 | Volume: 75 | Pages: 187-188 | article in journal
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New thalassinid anomuran (Crustacea, Decapoda) coprolites from the Prealpes medianes rigides of Switzerland and France (Chablais)
Brönnimann, P., Zaninetti, L., Baud, A.
Mitteilungen der Gesselschaft der Geologie- und Bergbaustudenten
Year: 1972 | Volume: 21 | Pages: 885–904 | article in journal
New thalassinid anomuran (Crustacea, Decapoda) coprolites from infraliasic limestones of the Dolomites, Italy
Brönnimann, P., Cros, P., Zaninetti, L.
Mitteilungen der Gesselschaft der Geologie- und Bergbaustudenten
Year: 1972 | Volume: 21 | Pages: 921–928 | article in journal
Coprolite-filled borings: insight into the life history of detritivorous Pennsylvanian terrestrial arthropods
Lakeram, S. R., Donovan, M., Labandeira, C. C., Elrick, S. D., Punyasena, S. W.
Journal of Paleontology
Year: 2026 | Pages: 1-15 | article in journal
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Bioerosion on the small scale – examples from the tropical and subtropical littoral
Kázmér, M., Taboroši, D.
Hantkeniana
Year: 2012 | Volume: 7 | Pages: 37-94 | article in journal
Bioerosion in coral reef communities in southwest Puerto Rico by the sea urchin Echinometra viridis
Griffin, S. P., García, R. P., Weil, E.
Marine Biology
Year: 2003 | Volume: 143 | Pages: 79-84 | article in journal
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Termite borings in Early Cretaceous fossil wood, Isle of Wight, UK
Francis, J., Harland, B.
Cretaceous Research
Year: 2006 | Volume: 27 | Pages: 773-777 | article in journal
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Paleoecological insights from coprolites and their inclusions from the Permian Rio do Rasto Formation, Brazil
Catafesta, L. P., Dentzien-Dias, P., Calaça, F. J., Dias, E. V., Łaska, W., Baets, K. D., Francischini, H.
Palaeoworld
Year: 2025 | Pages: 201060 | article in journal
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Wood-borings in Premnoxylon: plant-animal interactions in the Carboniferous
Cichan, M.A., Taylor, T. N.
Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology
Year: 1982 | Volume: 39 | Pages: 123-127 | article in journal
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Fossil evidence for plant-arthropod interactions in the Palaeozoic and Mesozoic
Chaloner, W. G., Scott, A. C., Stephenson, J.
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B
Year: 1991 | Volume: 333 | Pages: 177-186 | article in journal
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A rich coprolite assemblage from Angeac-Charente (France): A glimpse into trophic interactions within an Early Cretaceous freshwater swamp
Rozada, L., Allain, R., Qvarnström, M., Rey, K., Vullo, R., Goedert, J., Augier, D., Robin, N.
Cretaceous Research
Year: 2024 | Volume: 162 | Pages: 105939 | article in journal
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The appearance of Rosenella (stromatoporoid sponge) in Baltica: new species from the Pirgu Stage (Katian, Upper Ordovician) of Estonia
Jeon, J., Toom, U.
Estonian Journal of Earth Sciences
Year: 2025 | Volume: 74 | Pages: 145-159 | article in journal
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First evidence of arthropod herbivory in calamitalean stems from the Pennsylvanian of Germany
Laaß, M., Kretschmer, S., Leipner, A., Hauschke, N.
Annales Societatis Geologorum Poloniae
Year: 2020 | Volume: 90 | Pages: 219-246 | article in journal
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Pterygotid eurypterid palaeoecology: praedichnia and palaeocommunities
Braddy, S.
Bulletin of Geosciences
Year: 2023 | Volume: 98 | Pages: 289-302 | article in journal
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Vertebrate coprolites
Hunt, A. P., Lucas, S. G.
Vertebrate Ichnology: tracks and trails, consumption, digging and reproduction, geoconservation
Year: 2025 | Pages: 453-549 | article in book
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Temnodontosaurus bromalites from the Lower Jurassic of Germany: hunting, digestive taphonomy and prey preferences in a macropredatory ichthyosaur
Serafini, G., Miedema, F., Schweigert, G., Maxwell, E. E.
Papers in Palaeontology
Year: 2025 | Volume: 11 | article in journal
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