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Coprolite Preservation

Coprolite Preservation is a type of fossilization process within the broader category of exceptional preservation that specifically involves the retention and mineralization of fecal matter, thereby providing direct evidence of ancient digestive physiology, diet, and ecological interactions.

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2017–2026

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Publications

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Recovery of Parasite Remains From Coprolites and Latrines: Aspects of Paleoparasitological Technique

Karl J. Reinhard, Ulisses Confalonieri, Luiz F. Ferreira et al. · Lincoln (University of Nebraska) · 1986 · 139 citations · Full text

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The finding of helminth eggs in a Brazilian mummy

Luiz Fernando Ferreira, Adauto Araújo, Ulisses Confalonieri · Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene · 1983 · 83 citations · Full text

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Biological and Cultural Evidence from Prehistoric Human Coprolites

Robert F. Heizer, L. K. Napton · Science · 1969 · 73 citations

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A PHOSPHATIC COPROLITE LACKING DIAGENETIC PERMINERALIZATION FROM THE UPPER CRETACEOUS HELL CREEK FORMATION, NORTHEASTERN MONTANA: IMPORTANCE OF DIETARY CALCIUM PHOSPHATE IN PRESERVATION

Kurt Hollocher, Thomas C. Hollocher, J. Keith. Rigby · Palaios · 2010 · 59 citations

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Evidence of prehistoric diet from northern Chile: Coprolites, gut contents and flotation samples from the Tulán quebrada

Timothy G. Holden · World Archaeology · 1991 · 47 citations

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Authors

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  1. KJ
    Karl J. Reinhard

    University of Nebraska–Lincoln, United States

    3 publications · 186 citations

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  2. UC
    Ulisses Confalonieri

    Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Brazil

    2 publications · 222 citations

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  3. AA
    Adauto Araújo

    Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Brazil

    2 publications · 99 citations

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  4. RG
    Rolf G. Beutel

    Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany

    1 publications · 47 citations

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  5. AR
    Anthony Rard

    Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, France

    1 publications · 18 citations

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Institutions

44

  1. University of Nebraska–Lincoln

    Lincoln, United States

    2 h-index

    8 publications

    197 citations

  2. Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública

    Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    99 citations

  3. Museum für Naturkunde

    Berlin, Germany

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    24 citations

  4. Natural History Museum of Denmark

    Copenhagen, Denmark

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    48 citations

  5. Union University

    Jackson, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    59 citations

  6. Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1

    Villeurbanne, France

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    18 citations

  7. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    47 citations

  8. Universidad de Guadalajara

    Guadalajara, Mexico

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    47 citations

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Venues

  1. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica

    2 publications · 54 citations

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  2. Frontiers in Earth Science

    1 publications · 31 citations

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  4. PeerJ

    1 publications · 34 citations

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  5. Science

    1 publications · 73 citations

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