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Dromaeosaur with coprolite inside
The American Museum of Natural History book, _Discovering Dinosaurs_,
alludes to a Mongolian dromaeosaur specimen which contained a coprolite
_within_ its body. The coprolite is said to contain many tiny lizard or
mammal bones (not baby dinosaur bones?). Has this fossil ever been
written up, illustrated or photographed? It's apparently one of those
rare cases where the "poopetrator" (to coin a Chinism) could be
identified, even if the act of excretion had not actually been
completed, and the consumed prey remains a mystery.
Why such discoveries don't dominate newspaper headlines is beyond me.
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-- Ralph W. Miller III gbabcock@best.com
"How could I leave this behind?"