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Dinosaur poop collector sets new World Record
He has been collecting these unusual specimens way back when he was a college student of palaeontology.
A man in the US has secured a place in the new Guinness Book of World Records for having the largest collection of fossilised faeces. George Frandsen, 36, has amassed around 1,277 pieces of dinosaur excreta from nine countries.
He has been able to collect poop from as many as 15 states in the US and eight different countries. His largest piece of coprolite, also known as fossilised faeces, weighs about 1.92 kg. It was produced by an ancient crocodilian species and was discovered in South Carolina.
Each coprolite from Frandsen’s collection was inspected by a professional palaeontologist and was documented at the South Florida Museum in the US, according to reports. Its entry in the Guinness World Records will appear in the 2017 edition.
