The New Jersey State Dinosaur

The Hadrosaurus Foulkii

During the Cretaceous Period, 70 to 100 million years ago, duck-billed dinosaurs roamed the swampy land that would later become New Jersey. A fossil of one of these dinosaurs was discovered by William Parke Foulke in Haddonfield in 1858. It was named Hadrosaurus Foulkii. In 1991, the Hadrosaurus Foulkii became New Jersey's State dinosaur.

Drawing by Walker S., age 9.