Essays about: "coprolites"

Found 3 essays containing the word coprolites.

  1. 1. Upper Cretaceous coprolites from the Münster Basin (northwestern Germany) : a glimpse into the diet of extinct animals

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Geologiska institutionen

    Author : Stavros Anagnostakis; [2013]
    Keywords : koproliter; carnivorous vertebrates; Germany; Münster Basin; Coprolites; Upper Cretaceous; sen krita; Münsterbassängen; Tyskland; rovlevande vertebrater; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : En omfattande samling koproliter från tre lokaler med sediment från sen kritatid i Münsterbassängen (nordvästra Tyskland) har studerats med en mängd olika analytiska tekniker med avsikten att belysa urtida trofiska nivåer och relationen mellan rovdjur och bytesdjur. Den fosfatiska sammansättningen, inneslutningar av benmaterial, storlek och form tyder på att de flesta eller samtliga koproliter producerades av rovlevande vertebrater. READ MORE

  3. 2. Paleoecology and sedimentology of the Upper Cretaceous (Campanian), marine strata at Åsen, Kristianstad Basin, Southern Sweden, Scania

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Geologiska institutionen

    Author : Faisal Javed Iqbal; [2013]
    Keywords : Campanian; Belemnellocamax mammilatus Zone; Belemnellocamax balsvikensis Zone; Brachiopods; Bivalves; Belemnites; Bryozoans; Barnacle; Sea urchin; corals; coprolites; shark teeth; vertebrate fossils; XRF; Sr Ca; Steinkern; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : The Campanian marine strata from Åsen, north east part of the Kristianstad Basin (southern Sweden) contain a most diverse vertebrate and invertebrate marine fossil assemblages. A diverse fossil fauna was collected from Campanian deposits from a ca. 4.15m thick section during June-August 2010-2012. READ MORE

  4. 3. Late Cretaceous coprolites from the Kristianstad Basin, southern Sweden

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Geologiska institutionen

    Author : Urban Månsby; [2009]
    Keywords : coprolites; Cretaceous; Kristianstad; Åsen; spiral; koproliter; krita; spiralformade; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Vertebrate coprolites from the Upper Cretaceous (Campanian) of the Åsen locality, Kristianstad Basin, southern Sweden, are described and illustrated. Their fecal origin was supported through chemical analyses revealing a calcium phosphate composition. READ MORE