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Recent Examples of coprolite
For the herbivores, however, especially in long-neck sauropods, their coprolites contained lots of tree ferns and charcoal.
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Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 27 Nov. 2024
Since 2015, Frandsen has held the Guinness World Record for the largest collection of coprolites.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Oct. 2024
The coprolites contained bits of fish, insects, plants and other animals.
—Max Hauptman, USA TODAY, 30 Nov. 2024
For example, the team found that the contents of coprolites from the first large herbivorous dinosaurs, the sauropodomorphs, contained large quantities of tree ferns but also many other types of plants and charcoal.
—Katie Hunt, CNN, 27 Nov. 2024
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Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 27 Nov. 2024
Since 2015, Frandsen has held the Guinness World Record for the largest collection of coprolites.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Oct. 2024
The coprolites contained bits of fish, insects, plants and other animals.
—Max Hauptman, USA TODAY, 30 Nov. 2024
For example, the team found that the contents of coprolites from the first large herbivorous dinosaurs, the sauropodomorphs, contained large quantities of tree ferns but also many other types of plants and charcoal.
—Katie Hunt, CNN, 27 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for coprolite
Noun
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Hundreds of barefoot pilgrims undertook a parikrama one morning, picking around heaps of cow dung dotting the road.—
Omkar Khandekar,
NPR,
5 Jan. 2025
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With antivenom hard to find in rural areas, some snakebite victims pay traditional healers with a chicken or a small goat to apply herbs, bones and even dung.—
Brian Otieno,
New York Times,
6 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Housekeepers, too, have had to deal with pet excrements.—
Nicole Hoey,
Robb Report,
21 Jan. 2025
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In one photo, Kristoff is outside, surrounded by piles of excrement and a plastic doghouse.—
Rachel McRady,
People.com,
30 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Related article Fossilized poop reveals secrets of how dinosaurs came to dominate Earth Jagt said the cluster contains at least two species of lily combined in a round lump, which is likely the indigestible parts of the lilies that were regurgitated by an animal that ate the plants.—
Jack Guy,
CNN,
29 Jan. 2025
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Your poop might vary in shade from off-white to grey.—
Cristina Mutchler,
Health,
18 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The script was based on the 1979 French play and subsequent 1982 film Le père Noël est une ordure (Santa Claus Is a Stinker).—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
21 Dec. 2024
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On the face of it, packing the ordure of millions into open-air mounds is a terrible approach to a more livable planet, particularly in a part of the world where scavengers don’t comb through them for every salable scrap.—
Curbed,
Curbed,
12 Aug. 2022
Noun
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Also, wolf scat has been found containing plastic and other material that could only have come from garbage cans and city dumps.—
Al Wolter,
Outdoor Life,
10 Jan. 2025
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The sophomore scat back was spotted working out with trainers off to the side of Thursday's practice before the team gave the official designation.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
2 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The poop, or guano, of infected birds is teeming with viruses.—
CNN.com Wire Service,
The Mercury News,
27 Dec. 2024
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The guano in their colonies must smell pleasant, comforting, rather than the barnyard stink that hit my own nose.—
Blair Braverman,
Condé Nast Traveler,
24 Dec. 2024
Noun
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The contracts also hold farmers responsible for disposing of the hundreds of tons of manure that a typical poultry farm produces each year, along with the thousands of birds that die before they can be harvested.—
Ames Alexander,
Charlotte Observer,
26 Jan. 2025
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However, the protest did not fully go as planned, as most of the manure remained frozen in the truck bed due to freezing temperatures.—
Gabe Whisnant,
Newsweek,
25 Jan. 2025
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These changes allow the growers to improve farm efficiency, soil health and access to premium markets, leading to environmental and economic progress.—
Jennifer Bringle,
Sourcing Journal,
23 Jan. 2025
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That would allow those troops to be used in civilian law enforcement on U.S. soil.—
Lolita C. Baldor and Tara Copp,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Jan. 2025
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“Coprolite.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coprolite. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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