Coprolite or Fossilized Dinosaur Dung Sold at Autcion at Almost $1000

A pile of Coprolite or fossilized dinosaur dung from the Jurassic era was sold at New York auction for almost $1,000. This dinosaur dung 130 million years old and looks like a rock on the outside and a colorful mineral inside.


The buyer was Steve Tsengas of Fairport Harbor, Ohio. The 71-year-old owns OurPets, a company that sells products to treat dog and cat waste. Tsengas bought the dung in hopes of motivating his employees and using it as a marketing tool by displaying it at the company's booth at trade shows, he said. "Poop," he said, "is a big business in the pet industry.