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Fossilised Dinosaur Dung

Describe what coprolites are (fossilised dinosaur dung) and how palaeontologists analyse them to discover what dinosaurs ate, including plant fragments, bones, and seeds

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When paleontologists carefully cut open a coprolite (fossilized dinosaur dung), what are they hoping to find inside?

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How do paleontologists discover what a dinosaur ate by studying a coprolite?

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What is a coprolite?

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