66 million years old

Petrified vomit found in Denmark

This is what fossilized vomit of a fish from the Cretaceous period looks like.

(Bild: AFP/Sten Lennart Jakobsen)

A piece of fossilized vomit from the time of the dinosaurs has been found in Denmark. An amateur fossil collector made the unusual discovery during a hike on the Stevns cliffs south of Copenhagen.

As the Museum of East Zealand in the town of Faxen reported on Monday, the finder brought the fossil to the museum for examination, where it was estimated to be around 66 million years old.

Fish vomited undigested crinoid parts
According to the experts, the fossil consists of at least two types of crinoids, which were apparently eaten by a fish tens of millions of years ago, which then vomited up the indigestible parts.

"An unusual discovery"
"This is a really unusual discovery," explained paleontologist Jesper Milàn. The find sheds light on the food chain during the Cretaceous period, which began around 143 million years ago and ended around 66 million years ago.