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Geister (1998) makes the point that what's less well known is that ichthyosaur cololites also contain a lot of sand, suggesting that some of these animals ingested a lot of sediment, at least on occasion.
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Additional support for a marine reptile origin for these feeding traces might come from cololites (the fossilised remains of gut contents).
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The same is also argued to be true for plesiosaurs: again, cololites from these animals contain a lot of sand, gravel and stones, and this might show that these animals swallowed sediment while foraging (e.g.,
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It's well known that ichthyosaur cololites contains lots of cephalopod hooklets as well as fish scales and whatnot (e.g.,
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These trace fossils are collectively known as bromalites, a category that includes coprolites (fossilized poop), regurgitalites (fossilized upchuck), and cololites (fossilized guts).
The Rise of the Dinosaurs, Written in Poop Becky Ferreira 2024
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