A new fossil has been added to the ministry’s Mobile Museum of Earth History – sauropod coprolite. The term “coprolite” comes from joining two Greek words: kopros (“dung”) and lithos (“stone”). Several checks can be performed to confirm whether or not a specimen is actual fossilized “dino poo poo” (as we say in VBS) or just a rock. Shape is the first check, followed by examination for contents (such as digested plant or animal material), and possible X-ray fluorescence analysis, in which calcium and phosphorous remains are detected. 

However, identifying from what creature the coprolite originated is not as easy. Just because a coprolite specimen may be found in the vicinity of a T. rex, that does not guarantee it came from that T. rex. What if it was deposited by another creature, but the T. rex was running by right when it and the coprolite were both rapidly buried by mud and water? It would then be a false identification to claim it is T. rex coprolite. 

Nevertheless, because of the abundance of coprolite from nearly two centuries of excavations, paleontologists and geologists regularly identify coprolites as belonging to one animal or another. Our new addition was excavated and identified by professional geologist Michael Sincak in the early 2000s. The coprolite was fully intact when discovered in the Morrison Formation in Utah and was labeled a sauropod (long-neck, long-tail dinosaur) specimen based on sauropod fossils in the same area. It was later cut in half for internal examination and then sold in separate halves. 

The significance of sauropod coprolite in our collection comes from Job 40 and a 2005 coprolite discovery. A sauropod dinosaur is described in Job 40, where it is called “behemoth”¹. Despite accurately describing a sauropod with precise details, evolutionists scoffed, citing verse 15 as inaccurately claiming that sauropods ate grass. Grass was believed to have evolved ten million years after dinosaurs went extinct, meaning there’s no way sauropods ever ate grass! Therefore, Job 40 could not possibly be describing a sauropod dinosaur.

However, a 2005 discovery in India forced evolutionists to once again rewrite their story. Sauropod coprolite examined by paleobotanist Caroline Strömberg and her team revealed at least five taxa of grass that are still in existence today!² This, as with all science, once again confirmed the Biblical account. 

While evolutionists must regularly republish their stories with all their latest corrections, the Bible is still in its first edition, never needing any corrections. The only explanation for such a perfect record with infallible information is its divine origin.

All Scripture is God-breathed…

II Timothy 3:16