Such fossil specimens passed into or through the digestive tracts of carnivores before being left as scat that was later reworked into sedimentary rocks. The term "coprocoenosis" is proposed for such an assemblage.
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Coprocoenosis
//kɑ.pɹʊˈsiːnəʊsəs//
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Small mammal fossil accumulations are generally the result of both coprocoenosis and post-depositional processes.
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