A hitherto undescribed coprolite from the White River Badlands of South Dakota
Stovall JW and Strain WS. 1937. A hitherto undescribed coprolite from the White River Badlands of South Dakota. Journal of Mammalogy. 17(1)
In the summer of 1933, the Fourth Vertebrate Paleontology Expedition of the University of Oklahoma collected in the White River Badlands of South Dakota. While working in that vicinity there were secured approximately 50 objects which appeared to be coprolites, or fossil droppings of extinct animals. A preliminary field examination of the specimens revealed that the general shape closely resembled that of the droppings of modern mammals, particularly the Bovidae. It was disclosed also that they were composed of broken fragments of petrified woody material cemented together with a substance having the general appearance of calcite. Sand and a few quartz pebbles clung to one side of some of the coprolites. Three general shapes were noted, one discoidal, another crescentic and a third elliptical. All three of these types were characterized by surfaces that were more or less convex.
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Stovall, J; Strain, W
- Units
- BADL
- Keywords
- bovidae, Fossils, Geology, Paleontology, Prehistoric Mammals