Common Name: Alligator Poop Fossil Coprolite
Genus/Species: Alligator mississippiensis
Age: 2.4 Million - 11,000 Years old
Period: Pleistocene
Formation: Alachua
Location: Marion County, Florida, USA
This is a terrific Alligator Coprolite or Fossil Poop. It is light tan in color, medium in weight, and has fine detail. Uncommon to discover Fossil Alligator Poop or Coprolite in such good shape. Actual Specimen Pictured & Guaranteed Authentic. This is a nice example of Coprolite of an ancient reptile from Florida.
What could represent Florida better
than the American Alligator? The name "Alligator" comes from the Spanish
form el lagarto (“the lizard”), which the Spanish explorers and
settlers, in Florida, called the Alligator.
Alligators have a wider nose and darker color than the crocodile does.
You can see the upper teeth when the Alligator's jaws are closed. You
can see both the upper and lower teeth in a crocodiles mouth.
On average they weigh about 800 pounds and are about 13 feet in length. The largest ever recorded, in Florida, was 17'5" long.
Alligator habitat is in fresh or brackish marshes, bays, rivers, lakes,
swamps, and ponds. They are typically shy and non-aggressive but can
occasionally be a problem. Alligator diet includes gar fish, turtles,
snakes, frogs, small mammals, and birds.
Although their bodies are heavy and their metabolisms are slow, they can generate short bursts of speed exceeding 30 mph.
Size: 1.41" W x 2.20" L x 1.27" Thickness
Price: SOLD
Item #: GAT018
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