Pollen studies in fossil faecal remains may provide significant palaeoclimatic, palaeovegetational and palaeoeth-nological information. These data can be decisive where other substrates are not available for pollen analysis.Coprolites, thanks to their hardness, can preserve pollen grains for a long time, isolating them and preventingexine oxidation. It is known that pollen is incorporated into coprolites in different ways: by the ingestion withfood or water, by the licking of the fur.
Pollen analysis on spotted hyaena (Crocuta crocuta) coprolites from the fossiliferous site of Buca della Jena, Southern Tuscany (Roselle, Grosseto, Italy)
Omar Cirilli;Luca Pandolfi;Saverio Bartolini Lucenti;Lorenzo Rook;Marta Mariotti Lippi
2019-01-01
Abstract
Pollen studies in fossil faecal remains may provide significant palaeoclimatic, palaeovegetational and palaeoeth-nological information. These data can be decisive where other substrates are not available for pollen analysis.Coprolites, thanks to their hardness, can preserve pollen grains for a long time, isolating them and preventingexine oxidation. It is known that pollen is incorporated into coprolites in different ways: by the ingestion withfood or water, by the licking of the fur.File in questo prodotto:
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