Extended Data Fig. 4: Virtual reconstructions of flat coprolites (Krasiejów). | Nature

Extended Data Fig. 4: Virtual reconstructions of flat coprolites (Krasiejów).

From: Digestive contents and food webs record the advent of dinosaur supremacy

Extended Data Fig. 4

ai, Specimen ZPAL AbIII/3505 in semi-transparency with fish inclusions. aii, Virtual thin section showing the coprolite matrix and abundant fish scales. bi, Specimen ZPAL AbIII/3502 rendered in 3D. bii, Virtual thin section of the coprolite matrix with numerous small, but unidentifiable inclusions. c, Images from coprolite ZPAL AbIII/3504 including a crustacean (possibly a cycloid larva) (ci), a beetle elytron (cii), a beetle pronotum (ciii), and the coprolite with inclusions (civ). d, Images from coprolite ZPAL AbIII/3503 including a ganoid fish scale (di), the coprolite with numerous round flat structures and inclusions (dii), a tooth-bearing fish bone (diii), and a close up of the round structures. ei, Specimen ZPAL AbIII/3437 with a few inclusions. eii, Plant fragments. eiii, Mid-line fish scale. eiv, Bone from the pectoral girdle of a fish. ev, Fish bone. fi, Close-up of the fibrous structures. fii, Coprolite ZPAL AbIII/3439 with fibrous inclusions. gi, ZPAL AbIII/3438 with abundant fish scales. gii, Virtual thin section.

Back to article page