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    A gastrolith, also called a stomach stone or gizzard stone, is a rock held inside a gastrointestinal tract. Gastroliths in some species are retained in...
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    evidence that axolotls might seek out appropriately-sized gravel for use as gastroliths based on experiments conducted at the University of Manitoba axolotl...
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    the gastroliths found in various specimens appears to be insufficient to modify the buoyancy of these large reptiles. The first plesiosaur gastroliths, found...
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    and thus helping digestion. These stones are called gizzard stones or gastroliths and usually become round and smooth from the polishing action in the...
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    Alligators have a two-part stomach, with the first smaller portion containing gastroliths. It is believed this portion of the stomach serves a similar function...
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    and non-fossil records, including fossilized bones, feces, trackways, gastroliths, feathers, impressions of skin, internal organs and other soft tissues...
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    published a study on 115 gastroliths discovered in association with a Cedarosaurus specimen. The stones were identified as gastroliths on the basis of their...
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    Bezoardicum Coca-Cola treatment of phytobezoars Enterolith Fecalith Gastrolith Goa stone Gorochana List of English words of Persian origin Regurgitalith...
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  • larger than peas, are used less often now than they were historically. Gastrolith Woodford, Michael (1960). A manual of falconry. CT Branford Co. p. 171...
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  • Grit, winter pavement-treatment minerals deployed in grit bins Grit, or gastrolith, swallowed abrasive substances with roles in digestion Gritstone, category...
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