Fossil Find!

Ok, So recently I went to the Jurassic Bay in Dorset to try and find some interesting things. To cut a long story short, I found them.

But definitely the most interesting? Fossilized Poo. Yes, you heard me right. Dinosaur poop. I spoke to an expert at a fossil fair after, and they even confirmed my find as a Coprolite (say Cop-Rul-Ite)(Fossilized Dung) Containing Iron Pyrite. Anyway, the Coprolite was found in some Shale cliffs, along with a lot of dust and half an Ammonite, which just about proved they are awesome for finding stuff in. Anyway, less about me and more about this poop! (You don't have to read if you don't want to)

Coprolites are kind of wrinkly and brown, usually ranging in size from 6mm to 5m long.

Coprolites are classified as trace fossils as opposed to body fossils, as they give evidence for the animal's behavior -in this case, it's the creature's diet- rather than Morphology (basically the form and structure of an animal). There's also Paleofeces and Urolites, But they are both different things.The fossil hunter Mary Anning had noticed that "bezoar stones" were often found in the abdominal region of ichthyosaur skeletons found in the Lias formation at Lyme Regis (a place for yet more fossil hunting. Highly recommended) She also noted that if such stones were broken open they often contained fossilized fish bones and scales as well as sometimes bones from smaller ichthyosaurs. 

Well, hope you enjoyed. I will post pictures when I can. Also, I rate this find 4.5/5, What about you?

(Thanks Wikipedia for telling me more about them.)