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"It came from N.J.: A Prehistoric Croc"
 
 


Taken rom the Philadelphia Inquirer: Saturday, Jan. 14th, 2006.

       About 65 million years ago, when most of South Jersey was underwater and the 
rest was a fetic swamp, a crocodile dies in present day Gloucester County and sank
to the bottom of the sea. Scientists from Drexel University and the New Jersey State
Museum know this because they found what remains of the reptile laying submerged
in the greenish, sandy clay known as marl. It is one of the most complete skeletons recovered of Thoracosaurus
neocesariensis
, a fish eating crocodile whose remains usually consist of a stray
tooth or two. The fossil, discovered in April, will be displayed in Drexel's Stratton Hall,
starting Jan. 23, for about a year before heading to the state museum in Trenton.
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