L'excréments fossilisés (coprolites) de poissons non identifiés et des tortues. Il est rare pour un coprolithe certainement affecté à une créature particulière. Étude

• Contributeur: Science Photo Library
• ID de l’image: 2ADFJJW
• Taille du fichier: 40,6 MB (2,4 MB Téléchargement compressé)
• Autorisations: Modèle - non | Propriété - non
• Dimensions: 3080 x 4602 px | 26,1 x 39 cm | 10,3 x 15,3 inches | 300dpi
• Date de la prise de vue: 1 octobre 2003
• Photographe: SINCLAIR STAMMERS/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY

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Fossilised dung (coprolites) from unidentified fish and turtles. It is rare for a coprolite to be definitely assigned to a particular creature. Study of the contents of coprolites can, however, provide important information about the dietary habits of the residents of an area at a particular time. The pale brown turtle coprolite at left is 90 millimetres long, the grey one at right is 100 millimetres long. The brown turtle specimen is from the Miocene epoch, around 25 million years ago (mya), and was found in Washington State, USA. The grey turtle dung is from the early Cretaceous period, around 112 mya, and is from Madagascar. The smaller coprolites are from the Pliocence epoch (5.3-1.8 mya) and were found in Mali.

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