Coprolites with Tony Fiorillo

This episode is all about fossilized poop! First, we break down our song "Coprolites" track by track, then we talk with paleontologist Dr. Tony Fiorillo of the Perot Museum of Nature and Science in Dallas, Texas about how in the world something as soft as poop can become fossilized. He also gives us some insight into the history of "dung stones" and his own experience digging for dinosaurs in Alaska and looking for traces of anything they might leave behind (including fossilized fecal matter).

Dr. Anthony Fiorillo is Chief Curator of the Perot Museum of Nature and Science as well as Vice President of Research and Collections. He holds a Ph.D in vertebrate paleontology and resides in Dallas, Texas, except for summers when he can be found living out of a tent in the farthest known reaches of Alaska, searching for dinosaur bones.