Posted on 01/28/2025 6:33:36 AM PST by Red Badger
A piece of fossilised vomit dating back to the time of the dinosaurs has been discovered in Denmark.
Local fossil hunter Peter Bennicke found the fossil at Stevns Klint - a Unesco-listed coastal cliff in the east of the country.
The self-declared "fossil geek" said he came across some unusual-looking fragments which turned out to be pieces of sea lily - an underwater species related to starfish and sea urchins - in a piece of chalk.
Mr Bennicke took the fragments to be examined at the Museum of East Zealand, which confirmed the vomit could be dated to the end of the Cretaceous period 66 million years ago - a time when dinosaurs including Tyrannosaurus and Triceratops existed.
Jesper Milan, palaeontologist and curator at the museum, told the BBC it was "truly an unusual find" as it helps explain relationships in the prehistoric food chain.
"It tells us something about who was eating who 66 million years ago," he said.
During the period fish and sharks would eat sea lilies, which are hard to digest meaning they would then "regurgitate all the chalk bits", he explained.
"This find is a unique glimpse into the everyday situation in the bottom of the Cretaceous sea - the sea during which the dinosaurs lived," he said.
The discovery is also significant for improving our understanding of past ecosystems.
Mr Milan said his museum had only sent the information to the local press but the discovery has sparked global interest. "This is the world's most famous piece of puke ever," he said.
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Smells fishy PinGGG!..................
(66 million-year-old fish vomit discovered in Denmark)
Where’s the š¤¢š¤¢š¤¢š¤®š¤®š¤® BARF ALERT???
Must have gotten a look at Helen Thomas to make them vomit.
Cats leave similar messes to this day.
Is that like Lark’s Vomit?
Where’s the Barf Alert?
Can I send the remnants from my 1969 freshman couch to the Museum of East Zealand for analysis?
You may not like lutefisk, but calling it “66-million year old fish vomit” is going too far.
That's one of the risks ya take when you eat nothing but sushi.
Is its name King Frederik X?
Given the surrounding water environment, it seems difficult to imagine how the vomit would have been preserved long enough to become fossilized.
I could envision it only if sediment were deposited over the vomit almost immediately.
Bullš©.
If you knew Sushi like I know Sushi................
Fossilized poo is called Copralite. I have a few samples around the house, and in fact I have been called fossilized poo myself.
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I find this impossible to believe, being that (presumably) there were no
politicianās names on the list of contenders.
Have you tried Crunchy Frog?
“66-million Year-old Fish Vomit: With a name like that, it’s got to be good.”
Stewardess: “Did you eat the fish or the chicken?”
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