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The gastrolith is a rock which is found in dinosaur stomachs to grind the food they had swallowed.
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∙ 14y agogastroliths are stones swallowed to aid digestion by an animal such as bird or dinosaurs.....
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Why do some birds eat small stones or gravel?
Chickens eat gravel for two reasons. Their lack of teeth means that food swallowed has to be processed by the stomach alone. The presence of gravel in the stomach helps to mash up the food in the stomach and ease digestion. Broken down gravel eaten by chickens is also used to form the hard shells of the eggs laid by hens.
Why do some birds eat sand?
Many species of birds will swallow stones. These aid in digestion because they help grind items in their stomachs. These stones are called gizzard stones or gastroliths and are usually smooth and round from the polishing action in the animal's stomach. When too smooth to do their required work, they may be passed or regurgitated.
What do crocodiles do in winter?
To be frank, not much! Alligators spend most of their time sleeping, basking in the sun (something I wish I could do :)). They would then go into the water to cool off, and would find something to eat (usually a turtle or small mammal). Hi
Why do ostriches eat pebbles?
Ostriches swallow pebbles that help as gastroliths.
What were the rocks called that dinosaurs used to help digest their food?
They are called gastroliths.
What were the smooth rounded rocks that helped dinosaurs digest and grind their food?
rocks are called gastroliths
What are four ways that organisms can be fossilized?
imprints gastroliths coproliths molds
Why does an ostriche eat stones?
It has no teeth so it needs the stones as gastroliths to grind the food up in the ostrich's gizard.
What fossil types provide paleontologist with the preserve remains of organisms are?
These could all include the trace fossils. They would in things like gastroliths, coprolites, casts and molds, and imprints.
What did dinosaurs eat to grind up there food?
Sauropods, who were plant-eating dinosaurs, used rocks to grind their food to aid in digestion. These rocks are called gastroliths.
What are 4 types of trace fossils only 4 types?
m olds cast
Why som dinosaurs contained small stones that has been swallowed what function did these stones serve?
Herbivorous dinosaurs swallowed small stones called gastroliths if they didn't have strong grinding teeth to chew tough plants.
What were the rocks that dinosaurs had in their stomachs to help them digest?
They were called gastroliths.
What type's of fossil's are there?
Fossils are classified into three. Here is the fossil type and example(s): cast fossils (filled in with molds), trace fossils (burrows, gastroliths, footprints), and true form fossils (real animal or real animal part).
What has the author M A Raath written?
M. A. Raath has written: 'A new Upper Karroo dinosaur fossil locality on the Lower Angwa River, Sipolilo District, Rhodesia' -- subject(s): Dinosaurs, Paleontology 'First record of dinosaur footprints from Rhodesia' -- subject(s): Dinosaurs, Fossil Footprints, Paleontology 'Fossil vertebrate studies in Rhodesia' -- subject(s): Dinosaurs, Gastroliths, Paleontology
