World's Longest Dinosaur Poo Expected To Catch $10,000 Dollars At Auction House

The world’s longest dinosaur dung is set to go up for auction next week.

The fossilised excrement dates back to the Oliogocene and Minocene Epochs, which makes it anywhere from 5.3 to 33.9 million years old.

Found in Lewis County, Washington State the giant dung is expected to reach £4,700 to £5,800 ($8,000 to $10,000) when it goes under the hammer on 22 July

The dung is what is known as coprolite, fossilised feces that can provide information about an animal’s diet rather than just its appearance.

It is described by Beverly Hills auctioneers I.M. Chait as an ‘eye-watering 40 inches [one metre] in length’.

However, research has failed to reveal what dinosaur the excrement originated from.

‘This truly spectacular specimen is possibly the longest example of coprolite – fossilised dinosaur feces – ever to be offered at auction,’ said Josh Chait, spokesman for the auctioneer.

‘It boasts a wonderfully even, pale brown-yellow colouring and terrifically detailed texture to the heavily botryoidal [globular] surface across the whole of its immense length.

‘The passer of this remarkable object is unknown, but it is nonetheless a highly evocative specimen of unprecedented size.’

He continued that the specimen was ‘presented in four sections, each with a heavy black marble custom base, an eye-watering 40 inches [one metre] in length overall.’

Also for sale are a selection of five stool-shaped specimens thought to have come from a Miocene turtle, 23.03 to 5.332 million years ago, estimated to sell for £2,300 to £3,500 ($4,000 to 6,000).

‘Although it is often impossible to tell which species produced these fascinating petrified feces, it is supposed that the fine examples found in a small area of Washington State are from a Miocene turtle,’ said Mr Chait.

‘It is also suggested that rather than being coprolites, they are in fact cololites, internal casts of the intestine.’