Coprolites in natural traps: direct evidence of bone‐eating carnivorans from the Late Miocene Batallones‐3 site, Madrid, Spain

We describe two carnivoran coprolites found in the pseudokarst natural carnivore trap of Batallones-3, from Late Miocene Spain. The larger one, comprising multiple indistinguishable fragments broken and corroded bones, indicates that producer dropping might have been highly capable crushing softer parts large bones. On other hand, smaller one shows several relatively more complete bone fragments, thus exhibiting a greater capacity to break swallow portions bone. external morphology coprolite is similar extant bears, whereas closely resembles living insectivorous hyaenid Proteles morphology, on viverrid Genetta size, hand. hypothesize amphicyonid Magerycion anceps was jackal-sized basal Protictitherium crassum excreted one. Thus, we present first direct evidence durophagous diet carnivorans Batallones.