Fossilised faeces help bring prehistoric worlds to life
Sydney, Sep 20 (IANS) An Australian-led study used prehistoric feces to uncover how molecular fossilization occurs, revealing new insights into what ancient animals ate, the world they lived in and what happened after they died. The study, published in the journal Geobiology, examined 300-million-year-old fossilized droppings, or “coprolites,” mostly from the Mazon Creek fossil site […]
