A fossilised piece of million-year-old animal dung more than a metre in length is set to go on auction tomorrow in the US.
明天,一块长度超过1米的动物粪便化石将在美国拍卖。这块化石已经有上百万年历史。
It’s not clear what beast produced the sample (technically known as a coprolite) but it’s expected that it will fetch between $8,000 and $10,000 when it goes under the hammer.
目前尚不清楚这块化石(专业术语叫粪化石)是哪种动物留下的。但预计它的拍出价在8千至1万美元之间。
The clay-coloured sample is thought to date back to the Oligocence and Minocene Epochs, making it between 5.3 and 33.9 million years old.
这块粘土色的标本被认为来自渐新世或中新世,也就是530万到3390万年前。
“This truly spectacular specimen is possibly the longest example of coprolite - fossilised dinosaur feces - ever to be offered at auction,” reads the auction description from I.M. Chait. “It boasts a wonderfully even, pale brown-yellow colouring and terrifically detailed texture to the heavily botryoidal surface across the whole of its immense length.”
“这块吸引眼球的标本可能是有史以来被拍卖的最长的一块粪化石(化石化的恐龙粪便),”I.M.Chait拍卖行的拍卖品描述中写道,“这块极长的葡萄状化石拥有浅棕黄色的外表和非常细致的纹理。”
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