215 Coprolite Happens: Insights into Geobiology

Coprolites are significant sources of paleobiological data, providing insights into trophic ecology, migration, taphonomy, chemical cycling, and other geological/ecological fields. In this session, we invite talks about coprolite and other bromolite research.

Tuesday, 21 October 2025
1:30 PM - 5:30 PM
HBGCC, 304B

Participants

• Chair Morrison Nolan
• Chair Ben T. Kligman
• Chair Mason Scher

Presentations

• 1:35 PM
  Surprising Preservation of Herbivorous Dinosaur Gut Contents Through Replacement With Clay
  Karen Chin, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO and Elizabeth Mahon, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT and Anne-Marie Tosolini, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC and Vera Korasidis, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria and Craig Pfister, Great Plains Paleontology, Madison, WI and Seth Gale, SWCA Environmental Consultants, Sheridan, Wyoming and Erich Fitzgerald, Museums Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria
  413782 (Technical Sessions)
• 1:55 PM
  Extinction of the Shasta Ground Sloth: A Revised History
  Advait Jukar, Florida Museum of Natural History, Gainesville, Florida and Emily Lindsey, La Brea Tar Pits, Los Angeles, California and John Southon, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California and Michael Waters, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas
  413847 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:10 PM
  Community ecology from the Upper Triassic Chinle Formation, southwestern USA: insights from coprolite 𝛿13Corg and 𝛿15N stable isotope geochemistry
  Morrison Nolan, Independent, Stone Mountain and Ben Kligman, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC and Mason Scher, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ and Adam Marsh, Petrified Forest National Park, Petrified Forest and Rachel Reid, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg and Benjamin Gill, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg
  413226 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:25 PM
  Reconstructing Terrestrial Arthropod Feeding Dynamics in Pennsylvanian Peat Forest Using Coprolites
  Scott Lakeram, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL and Michael Donovan, Field Museum, Chicago, IL and Anshuman Swain, University of Michigan Ann-Arbor, Ann-Arbor, MI and Conrad Labandeira, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC and Surangi Punyasena, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL
  412391 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:55 PM
  The Poozeum: A Coprolite Museum Making a Big Splash
  George Frandsen, Poozeum Museum, Williams, Arizona
  412284 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:15 PM
  SMALL COPROLITES, BIG CONCEPTS: FOSSIL TERMITE AND MITE FECES AS PALEOECOLOGICAL AND EVOLUTIONARY INDICATORS
  Anthony Martin, Emory University, Atlanta, GA and Jonathan Edwards, Monash University, Clayton, VIC and Melissa Lowery, Monash University, Clayton, VIC and Alistair Evans, Monash University, Clayton, VIC and Thomas Rich, Museums Victoria, Melbourne, VIC and Patricia Vickers-Rich, Curtin University, Bentley, WA
  412269 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:30 PM
  Neoichnology of the fecal pellets and casts of soil detritivores
  Andrew Oligmueller, University of Tennessee - Knoxville, Knoxville, TN and Dan Hembree, University of Tennessee - Knoxville, Knoxville, TN
  413021 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:45 PM
  Plumbing the Depths of the Niobrara: Prey Size and Preservation in Coprolites of the Smoky Hill Chalk Member
  Logan Flynn, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri and John Huntley, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri and Tara Selly, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri and Mathias Lobb, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri and Sarah Jacquet, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri
  413846 (Technical Sessions)