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Post by jasoninsd on Nov 18, 2023 10:00:00 GMT -5
That really is an intriguing one Randy. I don't recall...not that I have all your poop memorized...but I don't remember seeing any of the other pieces with a definitively displayed circular patter to the agatized sections like this one. I can definitely see the "one piece of wood" in the entire piece. It would appear the dino potentially dropped a "log" on that one!
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Post by RWA3006 on Nov 18, 2023 12:24:36 GMT -5
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Post by RWA3006 on Nov 18, 2023 12:27:59 GMT -5
Here's another one jasoninsdI think I have more somewhere. This one reminds me so much of shrink wood.
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Post by RWA3006 on Nov 18, 2023 12:29:51 GMT -5
I believe the outer rind is fine texture poo encapsulating a log.
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Post by jamesp on Nov 18, 2023 12:59:52 GMT -5
I'm trying to figure out how to interpret this one and am at an impasse. It could be a cross section of a bundle of twigs or one single large limb? It very much reminds me of a photo jamesp posted of shrink wood a few pages back. I'd like to hear everyone's thoughts. There is little doubt that wood often shrinks and cracks during/before petrification Randy. Especially in dry conditions. It makes sense that poop would do the same. The humidity and wet ground seems to bring bacteria to the equation in these parts but old wood laying on high dry granite exposures often survives and dries with such cracks and fractures. It would makes sense that the times of the dinosaurs would be much more hot and humid. However some tropical woods are super dense and impervious to rapid rot. Take a mulberry tree or eastern cedar, they rot slowly. Trees like teak and biloba in the deep tropics are resilient to rot. Many of the specimens you post have those type cracks in them. I don't remember seeing alligator poop, It might be a good comparison sample for dino poop. Google images provides a variety of gator poop. They are mostly if not completely carnivorous though.
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Post by RWA3006 on Nov 18, 2023 13:06:51 GMT -5
Good insight jamespI believe every coprolite I have is from one of the many sauropod species, vegetarians all.
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Post by RWA3006 on Nov 18, 2023 14:33:02 GMT -5
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Post by Son Of Beach on Nov 18, 2023 15:14:59 GMT -5
That piece is awesome. ![](https://res.cloudinary.com/drums6h3y/image/upload/v1700328264/ubkg0arpfiek98zko2i6.jpg) RWA3006 finally went thru that tumbling box that you so generously offered up.
I'm really hoping to get in there soon, some pieces are ready for display with just the face cut.
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Post by RWA3006 on Nov 18, 2023 16:30:19 GMT -5
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Post by RWA3006 on Nov 18, 2023 16:44:08 GMT -5
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Post by RickB on Nov 18, 2023 16:53:54 GMT -5
Holy crap - fecal connoisseurs are rejoicing. Keep the photos coming.
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Post by RWA3006 on Nov 18, 2023 17:33:56 GMT -5
Holy crap - fecal connoisseurs are rejoicing. Keep the photos coming. Like jingling the keys by the dog, it's fun to stir up something now and then. Did you notice the last one is a log cross section?
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Post by RickB on Nov 18, 2023 17:49:37 GMT -5
It looks like a solid piece of pet wood. He must have wolfed that log down.
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Post by Brian on Nov 18, 2023 19:51:06 GMT -5
The last few coprolites you posted are some of my favorites you have posted! I'd love to see an expert analysis of those.
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Post by jasoninsd on Nov 18, 2023 21:44:04 GMT -5
Randy, those pics you posted this morning are seriously specimen grade!!
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Post by RWA3006 on Nov 18, 2023 23:37:49 GMT -5
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Post by pebblesky on Nov 19, 2023 1:01:40 GMT -5
These are amazing!
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Post by jamesp on Nov 19, 2023 7:32:17 GMT -5
Good insight jamespI believe every coprolite I have is from one of the many sauropod species, vegetarians all. Wow, the vegetarian angle is a game changer. Meat rots and digests quickly. Consider a panda that eats bamboo which is strange in that bamboo rots very slowly. The Atlanta Zoo harvests hardened off canes to feed them, not tender shoots. Goats eat woody foliage like limbs and tree sprouts. Beavers eat bark and softer wood from gum trees. Off course these are all mammals. But Green Iguana, most turtles, Chuckwalla lizards, others are vegetarian reptiles. Ha, Green Iguanas are the 6 foot monsters that have taken over south Florida. Those things can eat. They multiply like rats. No surprise that a vegetarian reptile can be a hardy beast. Monitor with the runs Falling Iguana For those with a strong stomach, the bearded dragon
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Post by RWA3006 on Nov 21, 2023 7:58:59 GMT -5
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Post by RWA3006 on Nov 23, 2023 10:43:08 GMT -5
Happy Thanksgiving all. Here's a coprolite specimen I'm thankful for. ![](https://res.cloudinary.com/drums6h3y/image/upload/v1700754180/huo0zswpfi6ohqivrcdp.jpg)
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