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- A gastrolith, also called a stomach stone or gizzard stone, is a rock held inside a gastrointestinal tract. Gastroliths in some species are retained in...
- published a study on 115 gastroliths discovered in ****ociation with a Cedarosaurus specimen. The stones were identified as gastroliths on the basis of their...
- after death, the gastroliths moving into the present position through gravity as the body deca****. The largest of the visible gastroliths weighed an estimated...
- and thus helping digestion. These stones are called gizzard stones or gastroliths and usually become round and smooth from the polishing action in the...
- predators do not use gastroliths for grinding of food, almost all reasonably complete elasmosaur specimens include gastroliths. Although it is possible...
- the gastroliths found in various specimens appears to be insufficient to modify the buoyancy of these large reptiles. The first plesiosaur gastroliths, found...
- as gastroliths based on experiments conducted at the University of Manitoba axolotl colony. As there is no conclusive evidence pointing to gastrolith use...
- partially digested stomach contents (gastrolites, not to be confused with gastroliths), and food found in the animal's intestinal tract (cololites). [1][dead...
- melanop****s that contain eumelanin found on the specimen of Stenopterygius. Gastroliths, stomach stones that might have ****isted digestion or regulated buoyancy...
- 2010. It is known from a skull and partial articulated skeleton with gastroliths. Many other specimens either cannot be determined to belong to any particular...