How to Use coprolite in a Sentence

coprolite

noun

• Frandsen kept tabs on the research regarding coprolites, while learning how to find them in the field.
  — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 16 Oct. 2024
• Exhibits feature detailed explanations of how coprolites are formed, discovered and analyzed.
  — Tiffany Acosta, The Arizona Republic, 2 Aug. 2024
• The study looked at the coprolites from two pre-Columbian cultures called the Huecoid and Saladoid.
  — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 11 Oct. 2023
• The coprolite is shaped like a cylinder and more than 2.7 inches long.
  — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 9 Aug. 2023
• In one coprolite the researchers found the remains of three beetle species, including two wing cases and a part of a leg.
  — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 9 June 2017
• In one coprolite the researchers found the remains of three beetle species, including two wing cases and a part of a leg.
  — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 9 June 2017
• The same fossil bed yielded ancient sponges, crinoids, and ammonite coprolites and beaks.
  — Isaac Schultz / Gizmodo, Quartz, 18 May 2024
• The scientists even spotted at least one clump of what appears to be a coprolite, or fossilized feces.
  — Kenneth Chang, New York Times, 31 Jan. 2018
• The researchers’ coprolite provides a valuable snapshot of what Silesaurus ate, and how.
  — Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 June 2021
• These factors determine whether the coprolite is worth a few dollars or a few thousand dollars.
  — Meredith G. White, The Arizona Republic, 6 June 2024
• The cylinder coprolite morphotype, on the other hand, was among the most common at Las Hoyas, and was typically chockfull of bony bits.
  — Gemma Tarlach, Discover Magazine, 23 May 2018
• Among the hands-on exhibitions are rocky casts of coprolite, otherwise known as dino dung.
  — Mark Washburn, charlotteobserver, 25 May 2018
• Drumheller-Horton adds that the site also preserved hundreds of coprolites, or fossilized feces.
  — Michael Greshko, National Geographic, 10 June 2019
• Their goal was to see inside the coprolite, a rare soft material preserved by fossilization.
  — Matt Hrodey, Discover Magazine, 9 Aug. 2023
• One particular coprolite caught the eye of researchers in China.
  — Jeanne Timmons, Ars Technica, 6 June 2022
• If a coprolite is spiral-shaped, for instance, it might have been excreted by an ancient shark, since some modern fish (like sharks) have spiral-shaped intestines.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 5 Feb. 2022
• Children in rural Africa commonly have these microbes in abundance as well, suggesting that the Mexican coprolite may have been that of a young child.
  — Adam Hadhazy, Discover Magazine, 23 July 2015
• See and touch dinosaur coprolite (poop) in the Hall of Paleontology.
  — Dina Mishev, Washington Post, 16 Sep. 2022
• Microscopic egg of fish tapeworm found in dog coprolite.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 20 May 2022
• Qvarnström and his colleagues uncovered a particular dime-size coprolite in a clay pit near Ozimek, Poland.
  — Tess Joosse, Scientific American, 30 June 2021
• But until now, only a limited amount could be learned from from studying fossilized feces, also known as coprolites.
  — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 9 June 2017
• Roundworms remain a major health concern for humans, and the little coprolite revealed that the nematode has a long history.
  — Matt Hrodey, Discover Magazine, 9 Aug. 2023
• And human fossilized poop, or coprolites, showed that at least some inhabitants suffered from intestinal worms.
  — Katie Hunt, CNN, 20 Mar. 2024
• Enlarge / Scanning electron micrograph of a single fecal pellet (coprolite) found in the cranial cavity of a fossilized fish.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 5 Feb. 2022
• Preserved inside were several of the first ever fully intact beetles discovered in a coprolite.
  — Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 June 2021
• That the coprolite exists after approximately 33 million years is one thing.
  — Jeanne Timmons, Ars Technica, 6 June 2022
• Their study, published this week in the journal Scientific Reports, documents a new method to examine the treasures hidden within the coprolite without destroying the samples.
  — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 9 June 2017
• An eighth-century coprolite, or fossilized feces, from a cave in Mexico provided the first evidence of an ancient human microbiome.
  — Adam Hadhazy, Discover Magazine, 23 July 2015
• Scientists have also examined Neanderthal coprolites for clues to the complex diets of these human relatives.
  — National Geographic, 26 June 2017
• Scientists have also examined Neanderthal coprolites for clues to the complex diets of these human relatives.
  — National Geographic, 26 June 2017

Last Updated: 17 Dec 2024