For that information, researchers often turn to another source: fossilized poop. Fossilized feces—also known as “coprolites”—can shed light on “the last day or two [of] behavior of an ...

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The fossil was found at a cliff in Denmark. Fossilized vomit is called regurgitalite, and it's a type of trace fossil, which ...

These remains, including bones, footprints and even fossilized feces, help the scientists to put together the puzzle of life millions of years ago. These fossils give important information about ...

A 66-million-year-old fossilized vomit discovery in Denmark offers a rare glimpse into the prehistoric Cretaceous food chain.

and coprolites — fossilized poop. Bromalites are in turn part of the record of "trace fossils." They aren't the remains of the animal itself, but of how it lived. "Regurgitalites give us a ...