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Information can also be gleaned from chemical and microscopic examination of dried faecal remains,coprolites.
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Shelly debris,coprolites, and pyrite nodules are common.
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The average output anticipated is 600 tons rising to 1,200 tons of cleancoprolitesper week, and de- liveries are expected to commence at the end of this month.
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He developed the first commercial process for fertilizer production - the obtaining of "phosphate" from the dissolution ofcoprolitesin sulphuric acid.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It even appears to show the production ofcoprolites, from a terrified plesiosaur.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The vertebrate material comprised fish,coprolitesand a wide variety of reptiles.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The bone bed is a conglomerate of polished pebbles (indicating a former high energy surface), fish scales,coprolites, bones, teeth and scutes.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The smallestcoprolitesare often difficult to distinguish from inorganic pellets or from eggs.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Very soon,coproliteswere being mined on an industrial scale for use as fertiliser due to their high phosphate content.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Coprolitesmay range in size from a few millimetres to over 60 centimetres.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.This is also confirmed by a high bone content in thecoprolitesof large theropods.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Humancoprolites, feces preserved by exposure to the lime, were also found around the edges of the pits.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.A layer of phosphatic nodules (coprolites) under the marl were mined in the 19th century for fertiliser.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He also mentions that there arecoprolitesof either sloth or horse.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It inhabited swampy pools and lived mainly on fish, whose remains have been found in its fossilizedcoprolites.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Like other fossils,coproliteshave had much of their original composition replaced by mineral deposits such as silicates and calcium carbonates.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Coproliteshave been dug in the parish and are still to be found.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Some of thecoprolitesshowed evidence of constipation, others showed evidence of diarrhea.
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