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...
Fossilized vomit found in Denmark dates back 66 million years — prehistoric puke hailed as national treasure
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66-Million-Year-Old Fossilized Vomit Is Found in Denmark
Let’s be candid here. Vomit is something you want to get rid of. You don’t want it hanging around for a day, or an hour, or even a few minutes. And certainly not for 66 million years. And yet, scientists say, vomit that old has been found in the Cliffs of Stevns, a white chalk cliff and UNESCO World Heritage site on the Danish island of Zealand. Sometime in the Cretaceous period, a shark, or perhaps another kind of fish, made a meal of some sea …
66-Million-Year-Old Fossilized Vomit Is Found in Denmark - Overpasses For America
Let’s be candid here. Vomit is something you want to get rid of. You don’t want it hanging around for a day, or an hour, or even a few minutes. And certainly not for 66 million years. And yet, scientists say, vomit that old has been found in the Cliffs of Stevns, a white chalk cliff and UNESCO World Heritage site on the Danish island of Zealand. Sometime in the Cretaceous period, a shark, or perhaps another kind of fish, made a meal of some sea …
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