coprolite
dung
Preserved animal feces from a long time ago would be a fossil trace. Petrified human feces would be called paleofeces. However, fresh animal feces would not be considered a fossil.
a fossil
There are lots of dung beetles in fields with cows because dung beetle eat dung (animal dropping)
If you're tracking an animal, tracks and dung are called spoor.
Preserved animal tracks are called trace.
I am no expert at all, but it seems to me that the much more useful and urgent question has to do with the chemical properties of animal dung. If animal dung has any unique mechanical properties, it will come as a shock and a revelation to many.
meerkats are the only animal i could find that eats dung beetles
Yes, Dung Beetles belong to the Insecta class of the Animala Kingdom.
animal dung
A pile of feces or poop from an animal.
dung is animal waste that is sometimes used to make homes (ants) or to feed other animals.