March 20, 2010

shark-bitten crocodile poop fossils

Paleontologists have stumbled across a scientific first that’s sure to inspire both fascination and disgust: coprolites, or fossilized fecal matter, bearing the distinct impressions of a creature’s teeth.

The coprolites — one chunk of rock is fist-sized, the other is about 30 percent larger — were discovered on a beach along the western shore of Chesapeake Bay, says Stephen Godfrey, a paleontologist at the Calvert Marine Museum in Solomons, Md.

You’re welcome.

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  1. Daryl Scroggins on March 20th, 2010 at 9:47 am

    fist-sized. Jesus

  2. Michael Smith on March 20th, 2010 at 9:48 am

    Fossilized peanut butter filled chocolate eggs.

  3. Daryl Scroggins on March 20th, 2010 at 9:55 am

    the easter croc

  4. Michael Smith on March 20th, 2010 at 10:03 am

    early evolutional easter eggs

  5. cindy on March 22nd, 2010 at 9:24 am

    nice hand! remind me not to shake it

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