Canid Coprolite (petrified poop)

Miocene Mehrten Formation, California

Three viewing perspective of the same canid coprolite (petrified poop) from the upper Miocene Mehrten Formation. The specimen is roughly 6 million years old and probably came from a borophagine canid called Borphagus parvus, an extinct bone cracking dog of presumed hyena-like dietary preferences. Photograph courtesy a specific technical document.

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