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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsDecided to treat myself with something shi$$y
Been wanting something really obscure for a long time. I already have some fossils in my curio cabinet. So I bought a specimen of coprolite. Aka dinosaur poop. Should arrive tomorrow. This one is in its natural condition. I may pick up one thats been polished also. They can be really nice looking.
Permanut
(6,714 posts)Or what it ate?
duncang
(3,729 posts)Of what left it no idea. Its in its raw form you might be able to tell if it was a meat eater if a fragment of bone showed up. From the pictures and description it was something small and Im thinking herbivore. There are some that are cut and polished what can give you a better idea. Its about the size you would expect from a small dog. 3 inches.
Looking up dinosaurs from there.
Simosuchus was a small herbivore in Madagascar where this is from.
Miasiakasaurus was a small meat eater.
Kongonaphon was insect eater but was too small.
I know there were more also its possibly from a young dinosaur. Unless they went to extreme testing I doubt even the seller would know.
It will sit proudly next to the fossilized holes I found at McFadden beach. Aka small animal holes that got filled in and fossilized.
Permanut
(6,714 posts)Not that this is subject to a vote, of course, but "Vicious Lizard" just sounds the coolest.
Cool post, duncang!
Dem2theMax
(10,405 posts)this is the strangest post I've ever read.
But in a good way!
P.S. Pictures, or it didn't happen.
EYESORE 9001
(27,618 posts)Seems you can polish a turd after all
duncang
(3,729 posts)Are really beautiful looking. You would never guess what it is. If you do a search for polished coprolite it will surprise you.
Kali
(55,877 posts)my obscure fossil fetish is stromatolites
I want to go see them in Western Austraila, though I know there are some in Baja and elsewhere.
duncang
(3,729 posts)That was split and has the positive and negative side. Its kind of neat you put the two halves together and it looks like some junk rock with no sign of the trilobite.
Kali
(55,877 posts)she has some dishes that are polished stone with various fosils. from Morocco I think.