US Edition66-million-year-old vomit discovered by amateur fossil hunter in Denmark
- An amateur fossil hunter discovered a piece of animal vomit, known as regurgitalite, dating back 66 million years on a beach in Denmark.
- The find was made by Peter Bennicke at Stevns Klint and was later examined by John Jagt, a lily expert from the Netherlands.
- The vomit contains indigestible parts of at least two species of lily, indicating a fish likely consumed them.
- Jesper Milån from Geomuseum Faxe stated that the discovery provides important new knowledge about the relationship between predators and prey in Cretaceous seas.
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A fossil hunter has discovered a piece of animal vomit that dates back 66 million years on a beach in Denmark, CNN reports. Peter Bennicke noticed a "strange little cluster of lily pads in a piece of chalk" at Stevns Klint, in...
66 million years ago, a fish chewed up and spit out food. It's now a fossil in Denmark
The fossil was found at a cliff in Denmark. Fossilized vomit is called regurgitalite, and it's a type of trace fossil, which tells scientists about an organism's daily life. (Image credit: Sten Lennart Jakobsen)
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Prehistoric 66-million-year-old vomit found in Denmark
COPENHAGEN, Denmark — A piece of fossilized vomit, dating back to when dinosaurs roamed the earth, has been discovered in Denmark, the Museum of East Zealand said on Monday. The find was made by a local amateur fossil hunter on the Cliffs of Stevns, a Unesco-listed site south of Copenhagen. While out on a walk, […]...Keep on reading: Prehistoric 66-million-year-old vomit found in Denmark
The thing about it is that it was vomited up by a fish 66 million years ago.
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