Article: Late Cretaceous coprolites from western Canada
Publication: Palaeontology
Volume:
21
Part:
2
Publication Date:
May
1978
Page(s):
443
–
453
Author(s):
Paul L. Broughton, Frank Simpson and Sidney H. Whitaker
Abstract
Abundant coprolites and possibly gut fills of holostean fishes are irregularly distributed throughout the kaolinitic clays and muds of the Whitemud Formation (late Cretaceous) of the Willows-Readlyn district, south-central Saskatchewan. The coprolites show a variety of internal and external structures including coiling, folding, and contraction marks of primary origin; secondary features, for example surface cracking, due to diagenetic replacement by siderite and pyrite, and subsequent alteration to iron oxides.