"Fossil Poop “feces” infested with #parasites from over 200 million years ago"
"Ancient predator was infected by #nematodes and multiple other parasite species" #coprolites
https://www.geologypage.com/2023/08/fossil-poop-feces-infested-with-parasites-from-over-200-million-years-ago.html

#NewPaper #Paleontology #Coprolites

Mohamed Bendella, Adrian Hunt, Madani Benyoucef & Imad Bouchemla (2023)
The first Mesozoic vertebrate coprolites from Algeria
Ichnos (advance online publication)
doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/10420940.2023.2187387
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10420940.2023.2187387

On the tenth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me … a surprisingly accurate reconstruction of a royal diet from the age of lords and ladies.

Because everyone poops, archaeological sleuths can use fossilized feces, or #coprolites, or the remnants of #latrines to figure out what their users ate. As I describe in Chapter 4 of Flush, everything from plant seeds to parasite eggs can help scientists reconstruct diets, hygiene & even trading routes—from leaping lords to less excitable commoners.

On the tenth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me … a surprisingly accurate reconstruction of a royal diet from the age of lords and ladies.

Because everyone poops, archaeological sleuths can use fossilized feces, or #coprolites, or the remnants of #latrines to figure out what their users ate. As I describe in Chapter 4 of Flush, everything from plant seeds to parasite eggs can help scientists reconstruct diets, hygiene & even trading routes—from leaping lords to less excitable commoners.

@palaeokatie I have never considered the existence of fossilized vomit before, even long having known of #coprolites. I... just never took that step of logic, very small though it be.

@PaleoParaDive member Weronika Łaska is in charge of uncovering information enclosed inside ancient #coprolites by means of #ComputedTomography, its analysis and #3D #visualization. She is interested in
#invertebrate #ichnology, #neoichnology and #evolution of #animalbehavior. Lately diving into #DeepLearning
& #paleontology. During the free time: #powerlifter

Hi! We are the @PaleoParaDive team @ the Institute of #EvolutionaryBiology at the Faculty of #Biology at the University of #Warsaw. We study the impact of #extinction and #climate warming on #parasite-host interactions and #disease in deep time. Our favorite tools for this purpose: #fossils #invertebrate #paleopathology #parasitology #vertebrate #coprolites #paleobiology #paleontology #modelling #phylogenetics

For this purpose, our #PARADIVE team focus on sampling parasitic-induced 🦪 pathologies in #marine environments to 🪱 #eggs in terrestrial 🦖 #vertebrate #coprolites and #modelling those in relationship with #host #diversity around major #extinction events or #environmental changes.