“The fossil hunter Peter Bennke came across an unusual hardened lump that contained pieces of sea lily in a piece of chalk.”, – WRITE: www.unian.ua
The fossil hunter Peter Bennke came across an unusual hardened lump that contained pieces of sea lily in a piece of chalk.
Researchers dated a burned fossitality of the animal end of chalk period / Photo Museum of Eastern ZealandExtremely rare fossils’ vomiting of the dinosaur animal was discovered in Denmark. The Independent writes about it.The find was made by a fossil-mounted amateur on the stevns rocks, which is an “exceptional proof” of the fall of the meteorite to Earth about 65 million years ago, which laid the end of Erie of Dinosaurs.
The fossil hunter Peter Bennke came across an unusual hardened lump that contained pieces of sea lily in a piece of chalk. He then brought his find to the museum, where it was cleared and studied by Dutch lily expert John Jamt.
Researchers dated the indigenous fossilship of the animal by the end of the Cretaceous period, about 66 million years ago. Scientists have come to the conclusion that the vomiting contained two types of marine lilies, which were probably eaten by fish. The statement of the Museum of Eastern Zealand said:
“The collection consisted of at least two different species of marine lily mixed in a round lump, and apparently these are the remains of marine lilies eaten by an animal, which subsequently burst into digestible parts.”
The Curator of the Museum of the ESUPER Milan called the fossil “truly unusual find.”
“Marine lilies are not particularly nutritious food because they are mostly made up of lime plates that are held together by very few soft parts,” he explained, adding:
“But here the animal is probably a species of fish, which was fed 66 million years ago by the marine lilies that lived at the bottom of the Cretaceous Sea, and treated the skeletal parts back.”
Researchers have stated that further study of fossil can give an idea of relationships between predators and prey in the Sea of Cretaceous, as well as the food chains of the time.
The fossil remains are expected to be exhibited at a small exhibition in February.
It is important that such fossils are of key importance for the reconstruction of ancient ecosystems and can provide important knowledge of which animals have eaten some animals.
Exploring the fossils for undigested plants and prey residues, scientists were able to reconstruct the nutrition schemes of several species and ecology of the time.
They were surprised by finding burnt plants in some fossil feces of giant herbivorous dinosaurs, which raised the question of whether these animals were eating charcoal intentionally to neutralize toxins in their food.
Archeology newsScientists have gathered evidence that ancient marine reptiles once sailed where Columbia is now located, and these creatures were apparently more threatening predators than, for example, modern killer.
Paleontologists have reconstructed the lives of giant reptiles and invertebrates, which flourished in a rich environment about 130 million years ago, and pushed the window into a world that goes beyond what is considered the norm for modern seas.
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