Coprolite with Ptychodus Tooth Inclusion

Coprolite featuring fish tooth (Ptychodus) inclusion

Magnified view of Ptychodus tooth fragment

Magnified view of Ptychodus tooth fragment

Possible backside of Ptychodus tooth and ganoid fish scale

Magnified image of possible backside of Ptychodus tooth and fish scale

Bone inclusion in coprolite

Fish scale inclusions in coproltie

Magnified image of unidentified inclusion

Magnified image of fish bone/scale inclusions

Magnified image of unidentified incluison

Microscopic image of unidentified incluison

Microscopic image of unidentified inclusion

Little Ptych

Fossil Type:

Marine Carnivore Coprolite

Composition:

Location:

Marker Unit #9 Gove County

United States

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US

Formation:

Niobrara Formation - Smoky Hill Chalk

Period:

Cretaceous - Santonian

This coprolite has what look like Ptychodus sp. tooth fragment inclusions as well as other fish scales and bones.

Gallery:

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