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Definition of Coprolite
1. Noun. Fossil excrement; petrified dung.
Definition of Coprolite
1. n. A piece of petrified dung; a fossil excrement.
Definition of Coprolite
1. Noun. A fossil consisting of petrified dung. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Coprolite
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Coprolite
Literary usage of Coprolite
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, Exhibiting a View of the Progressive by Robert Jameson, Sir William Jardine, Henry D Rogers (1835)
"In a coprolite from Burdiehouse, analyzed by Mr Council, that accurate chemist could
... In the coprolite analysed by us, however, we had no difficulty in ..."
2. Chemical News and Journal of Physical Science (1870)
"One grm. coprolite, with same proportions of water and acetic acid, ... One grm.
coprolite, treated in the same manner, gave 9'9 per cent soluble. 8. ..."
3. The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal (1835)
"In a coprolite from Burdiehouse, analyzed by Mr Connell, that accurate chemist could
... In the coprolite analyzed by us, however, we had no difficulty in ..."
4. ...The Cretaceous Rocks of Britain by Geological Survey of Great Britain, Alfred John Jukes- Browne, William Hill (1903)
"The broken line shows the former continuation of the coprolite-bed. former ...
Smaller rolls could often Ije seen in the trenches of the coprolite workings, ..."
5. Geology and Mineralogy Considered with Reference to Natural Theology by William Buckland (1841)
"coprolite from Lyme, containing large scales of Da- ... coprolite from the Lias
at Lyme, containing undigested bones of a small Ichthyosaurus. PLATE 15'. ..."
6. The Bridgewater Treatises on the Power, Wisdom and Goodness of God, as by Francis Henry Egerton Bridgewater (1836)
"Lyme Regis, presented to the Oxford Museum by Viscount Cole, enclosing within
its ribs scales, and digested bones of Fishes, in the state of coprolite. ..."
7. Geology: Chemical, Physical, and Stratigraphical by Joseph Prestwich (1888)
"THE SO-CALLED coprolite BEDS. ORGANIC REMAINS OF THE UPPER GREENSAND. FOREIGN
EQUIVALENTS OF THE GAULT. BELGIUM ; MEULE DE BRACQUEGNIES. ..."
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