Topic

Coprolites

Fossilised droppings, studied for the bones, scales, plant tissue and other remains preserved inside them and for what they reveal about ancient diets.

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A feather in a dinosaur dropping puts modern plumage architecture in a lineage that died out

The best Mesozoic feather yet described came out of a coprolite from Montana's Hell Creek, and it belonged to a flightless diver the asteroid killed, which makes modern feather architecture older than the survivors.

Publishers:newscientist.comphys.org

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