What does «coprolito» mean in Spanish?
- Fossil excrement; fossilized feces of various animals. Coprolites are classified as trace fossils as opposed to body fossils, since they give evidence of the animal's behavior (in this case, diet) rather than its morphology. They were first described by William Buckland in 1829.
- In medicine, intestinal calculi formed from hardened excrementitious matter.