An international team led by researchers at Uppsala University has analyzed fossilized dinosaur droppings—known as coprolites—to uncover details about the diets and ecological roles of dinosaurs 200 ...

A new pterosaur species was recently discovered in the vomit of a dino. But that's just the start of revelations from prehistoric excretions.

Dinosaurs took 30 million years to become dominant Other animals initially ruled the Triassic landscape Feces fossils show some herbivores ingested charcoal New research that relied heavily on ...

It may be one of the most unusual exhibits you'll ever come across; a collection of fossilized dinosaur fecal matter. To make more interesting, it's on loan from Florida's Poozeum and currently on ...

Paleontologists have long puzzled over how the dinosaurs—originally relatively small and of minor importance to the broader ecosystem—evolved to become the dominant species some 30 million years later ...

There's a lot to be learned from fossilized dinosaur dung. Paleontologist Martin Qvarnstrom and entomologist Emmanuel Arriaga-Varela detail some of their discoveries. Coprolites - they're ancient and ...

Early dinosaurs rose to dominance because they ate a lot of plants. This is the conclusion of an international team of researchers who studied hundreds of fossilized droppings—or "coprolites"—to help ...

As a graduate student, Karen Chin worked on a dinosaur dig site in Montana with the renowned paleontologist Jack Horner. Her job was to cut thin sections from fossilized skeletons in order to analyze ...

June 30 (UPI) --Scientists have discovered of a new beetle species preserved in fossilized feces deposited by Silesaurus opolensis, an ancient dinosaur ancestor. It's the first time scientists have ...

Fossilized feces from a dinosaur ancestor preserved an insect species not previously known to science in exquisite detail. By Ellie Shechet Imagine a bunch of beetles minding their own business on an ...

Silicified plant tissues (phytoliths) preserved in Late Cretaceous coprolites from India show that at least five taxa from extant grass (Poaceae) subclades were present on the Indian subcontinent ...