Scientists at Lund University analyzed soft tissue from a 183-million-year-old plesiosaur fossil, discovering both smooth and ...
Ancient fish fossils predating dinosaurs by 140 ... fin spine – a thin structure that forms the front of a dorsal fin. The fossil remains are likely to prove intriguing for walkers and ...
A cropped closer look at the sea lily pieces in the fossil vomit found in Denmark ... Experts determined the vomit likely came from a fish that lived 66 million years ago.
The fish is thought to have chewed up and spit out some unlucky sea creatures, resulting in this unique fossil. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on X (opens in a new window ...
The prehistoric patch of puke sat there long enough to turn into a fossil — languishing in obscurity until an amateur sleuth made the gross and engrossing discovery last November. The putrid ...
In the Cretaceous period, a shark or another kind of fish found sea lilies less than ... Until last November, when an amateur fossil hunter, Peter Bennicke, split a piece of chalk and discovered ...
Fossilised lump of 66 million-year-old animal vomit (Museum of East Zealand) They concluded the fossil vomit contained two species of sea lilies that were likely eaten by a fish. “The collection ...
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.
Their vomited remains were preserved as a fossil, which in November was found ... The predator was most likely a shark or large fish, Milan said, which during this period were known to feed ...