When large marine animals like whales die, they sink down to the seabed. Once their flesh has been stripped away by ...

The fossil was discovered at Stevns Klint—a UNESCO-listed coastal cliff in Denmark known for being rich in fossils from the Cretaceous era.

Fossil Hunter Discovers 66-Million-Year-Old Vomit in Denmark, Offering a Clue to the Cretaceous Food Chain A marine animal snacked on some sea lilies that did not agree with its stomach—and we ...

During the Late Cretaceous Epoch, roughly 100.5 to 66 million years ago, much of modern-day Scandinavia was submerged underwater. In Denmark, a shallow tropical sea known as the Western European Chalk ...

When he took the fragments to be examined at the Museum of East Zealand, they confirmed the vomit could be dated to the end of the Cretaceous period, 66 million years ago.

A fascinating and rare discovery has shed light on the dietary habits of ancient predators: a 66-million-year-old fossilized vomit, found at Stevns Klint in eastern Denmark. The fossil was unearthed ...

They were eaten during the Cretaceous period tens of millions of years ago. Fossil hunter Peter Bennicke made the discovery after splitting open a piece of chalk.

At the Museum of East Zealand, expert John Jagt found that hidden inside the piece of chalk was fossilised vomit containing two types of sea lilies that were eaten during the Cretaceous period.

66-Million-Year-Old Fossilized Vomit Is Found in Denmark In the Cretaceous period, a shark or another kind of fish found sea lilies less than digestible. What you might expect followed.

Experts say the discovery will help them understand what animals were eating during the Cretaceous period.