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muriel_volestrangler

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Thu Nov 28, 2013, 01:28 PM Nov 2013

Giant prehistoric toilet unearthed [View all]

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A gigantic "communal latrine" created at the dawn of the dinosaurs has been unearthed in Argentina.

Thousands of fossilised poos left by rhino-like megaherbivores were found clustered together, scientists say.
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The perpetrator was Dinodontosaurus, an eight-foot-long megaherbivore similar to modern rhinos.

These animals were dicynodonts - large, mammal-like reptiles common in the Triassic period when the first dinosaurs began to emerge.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-25126333


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