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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. [...read the entire article here...] |
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