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Related: About this forumGiant prehistoric toilet unearthed
Thousands of fossilised poos left by rhino-like megaherbivores were found clustered together, scientists say.
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The perpetrator was Dinodontosaurus, an eight-foot-long megaherbivore similar to modern rhinos.
These animals were dicynodonts - large, mammal-like reptiles common in the Triassic period when the first dinosaurs began to emerge.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-25126333
zbdent
(35,392 posts)exactly matches Rush Limbaugh's DNA ...
enlightenment
(8,830 posts)and kudos to the Beeb for the repeated use of "poo" in the article.
I don't think that the critter looks anything like a modern rhino, though!
Thank you for posting, muriel. Learned something new today.
Initech
(100,062 posts)That would explain most Fox News commentators.
LiberalEsto
(22,845 posts)BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)roguevalley
(40,656 posts)it is really a beautiful thing. tiny bits and pieces compose it and its like a geode on the outside. gorgeous stuff. Literally.
ninehippies
(30 posts)I saw 'rhino like,' fossilized, poo and thought it was an 'Onion' kind of essay about a certain political party of old white guys. Yeah, interesting, though. Who'da thunk dinosaurs would be so tidy?
BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)Make a good pet!!!
Awwwwwww.
the_sly_pig
(741 posts)My wife gets mad at me.
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dembotoz
(16,799 posts)KansDem
(28,498 posts)Starting piling up chunks of feces along US borders to deter immigration.