Coprolites can also contain clues about an animal's diet. For example, a spiral-shaped coprolite may have been left by an ancient shark or another kind of fish. This is based on the knowledge that ...

Scientists studied trace fossils called bromalites to reconstruct critical food webs in late Triassic, early Jurassic.

A study of fossilized feces and vomit attempts to piece together why dinosaurs were so evolutionarily successful.

In an international collaboration, researchers at Uppsala University have been able to identify undigested food remains, ...

Using advanced synchrotron imaging, the researchers identified undigested remains of fish, insects, plants, and bones within ...

Dinosaur poop is providing vital clues about "who ate whom" 200 million years ago. Researchers have been able to identify ...

At that point, each one looked like a tan piece of rock with an unremarkable bump on its surface formed by the coprolite inside. She drew a square around every bump to indicate where the rock needed ...

In some cases, it was possible to make a visual assessment of what type of dinosaur was responsible for a bromalite based on a fossil’s size and shape — a spiral-shaped coprolite likely came ...