Coprolites are the petrified excrements of extinct fossil animals.
Buckland of many coprolites of animals that had fed on bones, as well as traces of the frequent passage of these animals to or from the entrance of the cavern or den.
In the cliffs near Lyme Regis coprolites are abundant in the Liassic formation, and have been found disseminated through the shales and limestones along many miles of that coast.
De la Beche, "the muddy bottom of the sea received small sudden accessions of matter from time to time, covering up the coprolites and other exuviae which had accumulated during the intervals.
A] These spiral coprolites (see figures), like the scales and bones of fossil fish in the chalk, are composed chiefly of phosphate of lime.
Coprolites of fish called Iulo-eido-copri, from the chalk.
The most ancient bony remains of fish yet discovered in Great Britain are those obtained from the Wenlock limestones; but coprolites referred to fish occur still lower in the Silurian series in Wales.
In these coprolites may be constantly seen the teeth and bones of fishes, together with portions of echini and crustaceans, which had passed through the intestines of these saurian reptiles.
A discovery made by Miss Mary Anning, who was likewise the discoverer of the coprolites of fish.
The pseudo-coprolites of the Suffolk Crag have been estimated by Herapath to be as rich in phosphates as the true ichthyo-coprolites and saurio-coprolites of other formations, the proportion of P2O5 contained varying between 12.
The term coprolites has been made to include all kinds of phosphatic nodules employed as manures, such, for example, as those obtained from the Coralline and the Red Crag of Suffolk.
These are distinguishable from the grey Chalk coprolites by their brownish ferruginous colour and smooth appearance.
Jager has described coprolites from the alum-slate of Gaildorf in Wurttemberg; the fish-coprolites of Burdiehouse and of Newcastle-under-Lyme are of Carboniferous age.
The Liassic coprolites are described by Buckland as resembling oblong pebbles, or kidney-potatoes; they are mostly 2 to 4 in.
Coprolites have been found at Lyme Regis, enclosed by the ribs of ichthyosauri, and in the remains of several species of fish; also in the abdominal cavities of a species of fossil fish, Macropoma Mantelli, from the chalk of Lewes.
This was superseded by coprolites and Estremadura phosphorite, Suffolk coprolites being for many years the chief material employed.
These coprolites are rounded nodules, and are composed of the fossil excrements and remains of ancient animals.
Experiments conducted elsewhere with ground coprolites and other mineral phosphates corroborate Professor Jamieson's conclusions.
Bone-meal 10 Coprolites 9 From these results the value of the commercial article has been attempted to be ascertained.
No gnawed bones nor any coprolites were found by Schmerling.
Lartet, of hyaenas, the bones and coprolites of which were mixed with the cinders, and dispersed through the overlying soil d.
No coproliteswere found in the Brixham excavations, and very few gnawed bones.
The geological assertion that the Creator of this world formed it in some parts of coprolites savors very much of Satan or Beelzebub, the god of dung.
Coprolites are seldom used alone for the manufacture of superphosphates, but are generally mixed with bone-ash and bone dust.
The chief adulterations are a sort of yellow loam very similar in appearance to guano, sand, gypsum, common salt, and occasionally also ground coprolites and inferior guano.
These are purchased alone, chiefly in the form of coprolites and bone-ash, or the spent animal charcoal of the sugar refiners.
The greatest abundance, however, of Jurassic Radiolaria has been yielded by the silicified coprolites from the Lias of Hanover.
The rich material of jasper, chert, flint, andcoprolites in which Dr.
Most of these are aggregated together in coprolites and quartzites (jasper, chert, flint, &c.
Next to the coprolites the richest is the red jasper, whose colour varies from bright to dark red; it constitutes a true "silicified deep-sea Radiolarian ooze.
Similar coprolites are found and mined in other districts of England, but they are of inferior quality, containing more oxide of iron and alumina.
The Cambridge coprolites are so much esteemed that buyers of artificial manure often stipulate that it shall be made from them.
I may mention that as one find of coprolites has been made in the province, it is highly probable that further discoveries of this valuable manure may be made.
Such an officer would be very useful in searching for coprolites and new manurial resources.
Physical impressions are those from rain-drops and ripple-marks; and to these may be added coprolitesin substance.
Well, they were called Coprolites at first because some folk fancied they were the leavings of fossil animals, such as you may really find in the lias at Lynn in Dorsetshire.
And some of these Coprolites were brought him as curiosities, because they had fossils in them.
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