![Marine coprolite featuring a decapod tail and fish vertebrae inclusions](https://www.areallycrappystory.com/files/styles/8_columns/public/coprolite-crustacean-tail-oxford-clay-orton-pit-england-cover.jpg?itok=5musSpkq)
![Magnified image of fish vertebrae inclusions](https://www.areallycrappystory.com/files/styles/8_columns/public/coprolite-fish-vertebrae-tail-oxford-clay-orton-pit-england-spec-micro_0.jpg?itok=QkUVvS5N)
![Magnified image of decapod (shrimp) tail inclusion](https://www.areallycrappystory.com/files/styles/8_columns/public/coprolite-fish-vertebrae-tail-oxford-clay-orton-pit-england-spec-micro-b_0.jpg?itok=sJbDlJ4C)
![Magnified image of decapod (shrimp) tail inclusion](https://www.areallycrappystory.com/files/styles/8_columns/public/coprolite-fish-tail-oxford-clay-orton-pit-england-spec-micro-1_0.jpg?itok=rkeZ9dD1)
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A Shrimp Tail
Fossil Type:
Inclusions:
Fish vertebrae
Decapod (Shrimp) tail
Composition:
Location:
Orton Pit
Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England
United Kingdom
See map: Google Maps
GB
Formation:
Period:
This coprolite is loaded with vertebrae and other fishy parts, including a fish tail. The second photo is made up of a bunch of microscopic photos stitched together. On the third image from the top in the second photo, part of a fish tail is visible on the left end of the coprolite.
Gallery: