Die_Primel · @Die_Primel
458 followers · 13914 posts · Server det.social

"Fossil Poop “feces” infested with from over 200 million years ago"
"Ancient predator was infected by and multiple other parasite species"
geologypage.com/2023/08/fossil

#parasites #nematodes #coprolites

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Thomas Holtz · @Arctomet
638 followers · 419 posts · Server sciencemastodon.com

Mohamed Bendella, Adrian Hunt, Madani Benyoucef & Imad Bouchemla (2023)
The first Mesozoic vertebrate coprolites from Algeria
Ichnos (advance online publication)
doi: doi.org/10.1080/10420940.2023.
tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10

#newpaper #paleontology #coprolites

Last updated 2 years ago

Bryn Nelson · @SeattleBryn
454 followers · 153 posts · Server mas.to

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 , or the remnants of 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.

#latrines #coprolites

Last updated 2 years ago

Bryn Nelson · @SeattleBryn
459 followers · 162 posts · Server mas.to

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 , or the remnants of 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.

#latrines #coprolites

Last updated 2 years ago

Aleta · @aletamosquito
104 followers · 124 posts · Server mastodon.lol

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

#coprolites

Last updated 2 years ago

PARADIVE UW · @PaleoParaDive
17 followers · 4 posts · Server ecoevo.social

@PaleoParaDive member Weronika Łaska is in charge of uncovering information enclosed inside ancient by means of , its analysis and . She is interested in
, and of . Lately diving into
& . During the free time:

#coprolites #computedtomography #3d #visualization #invertebrate #ichnology #neoichnology #Evolution #animalbehavior #deeplearning #paleontology #powerlifter

Last updated 2 years ago

PARADIVE UW · @PaleoParaDive
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Kenneth De Baets · @djbirddanerd
93 followers · 35 posts · Server ecoevo.social

For this purpose, our team focus on sampling parasitic-induced 🦪 pathologies in environments to 🪱 in terrestrial 🦖 and those in relationship with around major events or changes.

#PARADIVE #marine #eggs #Vertebrate #coprolites #modelling #host #diversity #extinction #environmental

Last updated 2 years ago