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Sixty-six million years ago, a marine creature, minding its own business at the bottom of a Cretaceous sea, munched on some sea lilies—then didn’t feel too great.—
Margherita Bassi,
Smithsonian Magazine,
30 Jan. 2025 The predator was attempting to eat sea lilies, also called crinoids.—
James Doubek,
NPR,
29 Jan. 2025 The researcher determined that the accumulation consisted of at least two different species of sea lilies mixed together in a lump.—
Jonathan Granoff,
Newsweek,
29 Jan. 2025 Danish officials said the fossil belonged to an animal, and the contents of the vomit contained sea lily remains.—
Jonathan Limehouse,
USA TODAY,
29 Jan. 2025 After a cleaning and an analysis by Dutch sea lily expert John Jagt, it was determined that the clump contained remains from at least two species of sea lilies, the museum said.—
Terry Dickerson,
NBC News,
27 Jan. 2025