Fossilized dung balls reveal secret ecology of lost world

Wednesday, July 15, 2009 - 18:49 in Paleontology & Archaeology

A new study of 30 million year old fossil 'mega-dung' from extinct giant South American mammals reveals evidence of complex ecological interactions and theft of dung-beetles' food stores by other animals.

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