Fossilized Vomit Points to the Truth of God’s Word

Researchers working in the North Sea area discovered “more than 20 fossilized masses” that contain “shells and other hard remains from marine prey.” Based on the composition of the vomit and what other fossils are found in the region, the researchers believe the vomit came from plesiosaurs—extinct marine reptiles. They believe this new find shows that plesiosaurs found their prey in deep water and then the reptiles returned to a river delta near the shore to rest and rid themselves of the indigestible parts.

But how could vomit be preserved in the fossil record? The researchers note that’s not normal:

Most pellets would have been destroyed by waves and tides. Some survived because they were rapidly buried by sediment or swept into crustacean burrows on the seafloor.

[The paleontologist] said: “This vomit survived partly because it was so compacted and covered in mucus. Even so, most pellets would have been completely broken up by the waves and tides. Some clusters were, however, quickly covered by sediment arriving from the rivers, and some ended up in burrows left by crustaceans on the seafloor, where they were partially preserved and fossilized.”

In other words, the vomit had to be rapidly preserved—very rapidly preserved—before the waves could break them apart or scavengers could pick them apart or decomposers could break them down. In today’s world, we don’t observe river deltas turning vomit into a regurgitalite! It takes unique conditions to make a fossil. In fact, forming a fossil really requires a catastrophic event.

What’s also fascinating is what was discovered right beside the regurgitated material—an ichthyosaur bone and fossilized feces (coprolites). Also discovered nearby were fossil fragments of dinosaur footprints!

There really was a global Flood, as described in Genesis.

What could preserve bone, vomit, feces, and footprints all together? Well, you need a catastrophe! You need something that could bury a large area very, very quickly, before erosion and decomposition can take place. And the Bible gives us the history we need to understand what we observe!

There really was a global Flood, as described in Genesis. The evidence is overwhelming, but because secular scientists have the wrong starting point (man’s word), they come to the wrong interpretations of the evidence.

Fossilized vomit is just another reminder that there really was a global Flood!

Thanks for stopping by and thanks for praying,
Ken

This item was written with the assistance of AiG’s research team.