世界最长恐龙粪便化石 拍价1万美元
<p><span word="A">A</span> <span word="fossilised">fossilised</span> <span word="piece">piece</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="million">million</span>-<span word="year">year</span>-<span word="old">old</span> <span word="animal">animal</span> <span word="dung">dung</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="metre">metre</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="length">length</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="set">set</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="go">go</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="auction">auction</span> <span word="tomorrow">tomorrow</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="US">US</span>.</p><p>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。</p><p><span word="It">It</span>’<span word="s">s</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="clear">clear</span> <span word="what">what</span> <span word="beast">beast</span> <span word="produced">produced</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="sample">sample</span> (<span word="technically">technically</span> <span word="known">known</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="coprolite">coprolite</span>) <span word="but">but</span> <span word="it">it</span>’<span word="s">s</span> <span word="expected">expected</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="fetch">fetch</span> <span word="between">between</span> $8,000 <span word="and">and</span> $10,000 <span word="when">when</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="goes">goes</span> <span word="under">under</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="hammer">hammer</span>.</p><p>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。</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="clay">clay</span>-<span word="coloured">coloured</span> <span word="sample">sample</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="thought">thought</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="date">date</span> <span word="back">back</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Oligocence">Oligocence</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Minocene">Minocene</span> <span word="Epochs">Epochs</span>, <span word="making">making</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="between">between</span> 5.3 <span word="and">and</span> 33.9 <span word="million">million</span> <span word="years">years</span> <span word="old">old</span>.</p><p>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。</p><p>“<span word="This">This</span> <span word="truly">truly</span> <span word="spectacular">spectacular</span> <span word="specimen">specimen</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="possibly">possibly</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="longest">longest</span> <span word="example">example</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="coprolite">coprolite</span> - <span word="fossilised">fossilised</span> <span word="dinosaur">dinosaur</span> <span word="feces">feces</span> - <span word="ever">ever</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="offered">offered</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="auction">auction</span>,” <span word="reads">reads</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="auction">auction</span> <span word="description">description</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="I">I</span>.<span word="M">M</span>. <span word="Chait">Chait</span>. “<span word="It">It</span> <span word="boasts">boasts</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="wonderfully">wonderfully</span> <span word="even">even</span>, <span word="pale">pale</span> <span word="brown">brown</span>-<span word="yellow">yellow</span> <span word="colouring">colouring</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="terrifically">terrifically</span> <span word="detailed">detailed</span> <span word="texture">texture</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="heavily">heavily</span> <span word="botryoidal">botryoidal</span> <span word="surface">surface</span> <span word="across">across</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="whole">whole</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="immense">immense</span> <span word="length">length</span>.”</p><p>“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），”<span word="I">I</span>.<span word="M">M</span>.<span word="Chait">Chait</span>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。”</p>
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