Two underwater sea lilies were eaten and regurgitated around 66 million years ago. They were preserved as fossilized vomit.
Crinoid fossils are most commonly found in limestone deposits that were once ancient seabeds. These fossils often consist of the stalk or column, the most durable part of the crinoid’s anatomy.
The fossil was found at a cliff in Denmark. Fossilized vomit is called regurgitalite, and it's a type of trace fossil, which ...