| We call it coprolite, and it tells us what the dinosaur ate. |
| A coprolite is a flashlight powered by copper-topped batteries. |
| The biggest coprolite, or fossilized dropping, is the only piece of T rex dung found so far. |
| In addition to these visual observations, a powder x-ray diffraction analysis was run on one coprolite specimen to determine the major composition of its groundmass. |
| A specimen of the small conchostracan Asmusia membranacea, extracted from a coprolite in the Escuminac Formation. |
| Earlier tests had shown that the coprolite was deposited around the time of the Cowboy Wash catastrophe and that it contained very little plant material. |
