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Florida: There is no state fossil in Florida, though agatised coral, which is a fossil, is the state stone. Hawaii. Iowa: The crinoid was proposed in 2018. [2] Minnesota: The giant beaver was proposed in 2022. [3] New Hampshire: The American mastodon (Mammut americanum) was considered in 2015.
Paleontology in New Jersey
Hadrosaurus. Hadrosaurus (/ ˌhædrəˈsɔːrəs /; lit. 'bulky lizard') is a genus of hadrosaurid ornithopod dinosaurs that lived in North America during the Late Cretaceous Period in what is now the Woodbury Formation in New Jersey about 78-80 Ma. The holotype specimen was found in fluvial marine sedimentation, meaning that the corpse of the ...
New Jersey was ranked 13th among states where the most fossils have been found. Here are some fun facts about our state's dinosaur history.
Riker Hill Fossil Site (also referred to as Walter Kidde Dinosaur Park) is a 16-acre (6.5 ha) paleontological site in Roseland in Essex County, New Jersey, United States, located at the south western side of the borough at the border between Roseland and Livingston. It is one of the major sites in United States where a large number of dinosaur ...
The Ellisdale Fossil Site is located near Ellisdale in the valley of the Crosswicks Creek, in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States.The site has produced the largest and most diverse fauna of Late Cretaceous terrestrial animals from eastern North America, including the type specimens of the teiid lizard Prototeius stageri [1] and the batrachosauroidid salamander Parrisia neocesariensis. [2]
Selected Mesozoic taxa of New Jersey. Acipenser. Acteon. † Adocus – type locality for genus. Shell and skeleton of Adocus beatus, Peabody Museum of Natural History. † Adocus beatus – type locality for species. † Aenona. † Agerostrea. † Allognathosuchus – or unidentified related form.
Coordinates: 39.762°N 75.127°W. Edelman Fossil Park. The Jean and Ric Edelman Fossil Park, located in Mantua Township, New Jersey, consists of a 66-million-year-old 6-inch (150 mm) bone bed set into a 65-acre (26 ha) former marl quarry. [1] It is currently the only facility east of the Mississippi River that has an active open quarry for ...