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/kɑ.pɹʊˈsiːnəʊsəs/ · noun
A collection of bones that are found together in a fossilized scat, having previously existed as part of animals within a paleocommunity..
Such fossil specimens passed into or through the digestive tracts of carnivores before being left as scat that was later reworked into sedimentary rocks. The term "coprocoenosis" is proposed for such an assemblage.
Small mammal fossil accumulations are generally the result of both coprocoenosis and post-depositional processes.
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Coprocoenosis means A collection of bones that are found together in a fossilized scat, having previously existed as part of animals within a paleocommunity..
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Such fossil specimens passed into or through the digestive tracts of carnivores before being left as scat that was later reworked into sedimentary rocks. The term "coprocoenosis" is proposed for such an assemblage.
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