Definition of Gastrolith. Meaning of Gastrolith. Synonyms of Gastrolith

- 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...
- as gastroliths based on experiments conducted at the University of Manitoba axolotl colony. As there is no conclusive evidence pointing to gastrolith use...
- melanop****s that contain eumelanin found on the specimen of Stenopterygius. Gastroliths, stomach stones that might have ****isted digestion or regulated buoyancy...
- and non-fossil records, including fossilized bones, ****, trackways, gastroliths, feathers, impressions of skin, internal organs and other soft tissues...
- pangolins cannot also chew; but while foraging, they ingest small stones (gastroliths), which ac****ulate in their stomachs to help to grind up ants. This part...
- relatively immobile species such as cephalopods from the sea floor. Gastroliths have often been found within the stomachs of extinct marine reptiles...
- polished pebbles occasionally found with sauropod skeletons were gastroliths. Gastroliths are stones intentionally swallowed to aid with digestion (as is...
- synonymized with S. snowii by Carpenter. Its chest cavity contained about 250 gastroliths, or "stomach stones". Although it is mounted at the School of Mines as...
- the gastroliths found in various specimens appears to be insufficient to modify the buoyancy of these large reptiles. The first plesiosaur gastroliths, found...
- particular stone type in question. Calculi are not to be confused with gastroliths, which are ingested rather than grown endogenously. Calculi in the inner...