About the Authors
- Peter Vršanský
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* E-mail: geolvrsa@savba.sk
Affiliations Geological Institute, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia, Arthropoda Laboratory, Paleontological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
- Thomas van de Kamp
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Affiliation ANKA/Institute for Photon Science and Synchrotron Radiation (IPS), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
- Dany Azar
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Affiliation Faculty of Science II, Natural Sciences Department, Lebanese University, Fanar, Fanar-Matn, Lebanon
- Alexander Prokin
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Affiliations I.D. Papanin Institute for biology of inland waters Russian Academy of Sciences, Borok, Russia, Voronezh State University, Voronezh, Russia
- L'ubomír Vidlička
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Affiliations Institute of Zoology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia, Department of Biology, Faculty of Education, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia
- Patrik Vagovič
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Affiliations ANKA/Institute for Photon Science and Synchrotron Radiation (IPS), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany, Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials, Tohoku University, Japan
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: P. Vršanský TV P. Vagovič. Performed the experiments: P. Vršanský TV P. Vagovič. Analyzed the data: P. Vršanský TV LV P. Vagovič. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: P. Vršanský TV DA AP P. Vagovič. Wrote the paper: P. Vršanský TV DA AP LV P. Vagovič. Initiated the research, identified and drew the immature cockroach with coprolite, and erected and validated the present hypotheses: P. Vršanský. Provided the material and dinosaur information from the locality: DA. Provided and designed the µST experiment, and provided particle measurements and volume segmentation of reconstructed µST data and edited the text: TV P. Vagovič. Provided information on dung beetles and ecology: AP.