Sixty-six million years ago, a marine creature, minding its own business at the bottom of a Cretaceous sea, munched on some ...

Two underwater sea lilies were eaten and regurgitated around 66 million years ago. They were preserved as fossilized vomit.

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Discover the fossilized remains of a young Cryodrakon pterosaur in Alberta, revealing a deadly encounter with a crocodile.

during the Cretaceous period. "We do know that during this time period, average temperatures globally were about 82 F (28.1 C), and the average tropical temperature was 93.5 F (34.2 C)," Hughes says.