(CNN) – An amateur fossil hunter has uncovered a disgusting yet amazing find on a beach in Denmark – a piece of animal vomit dating back 66 million years.
A local museum says the man noticed a strange cluster of lily pieces in a piece of chalk.
He brought the fossil to the museum, where it was cleaned and examined by a lily expert.
The expert says the cluster contains at least two species of lilies in a round lump.
That lump is likely the indigestible parts of lilies that were regurgitated by an animal that ate the plants.
The museum curator says it was likely a fish that vomited up parts of the lilies.
The curator says the discovery provides important new knowledge about the relationship between predators and prey and the food chains of the cretaceous seas.
The fossil will be put on display at the museum.
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