Hadrosaurus Foulkii Leidy Site

Hadrosaurus foulkii Leidy Site in Haddonfield, Camden County, New Jersey, is where the first relatively complete set of dinosaur bones were discovered in 1838, and then fully excavated by William Parker Foulke in 1858. The dinosaur was later named Hadrosaurus foulkii by Joseph Leidy.  The site lingered in obscurity until 1984 when a local Boy Scout from Troop 65, Christopher Brees, as part of an Eagle Scout project researched the site and generated publicity, eventually leading to the species being designated the official dinosaur of New Jersey. The site is now a small park known as "Hadrosaurus Park" and is accessed at the end of Maple Avenue.

According to a plaque placed at the site by the Academy of Natural Sciences, the site was part of the John Hopkins farm in 1858.  Current information from the Academy states that Foulke unearthed 35 of an estimated 80 bones from the Hadrosaurus, which is believed to have been herbivorous, 7 meters in length, and weigh 2.5 tons.  It lived during the Cretaceous period, 73 million years ago.

See also
National Register of Historic Places listings in Camden County, New Jersey

References

External links
NJ page on discovery
Site Visit plus maps

Category:Haddonfield, New Jersey
Category:National Historic Landmarks in New Jersey
Category:Cretaceous paleontological sites of North America
Category:National Register of Historic Places in Camden County, New Jersey
Category:Paleontology in New Jersey
Category:Natural history of New Jersey
Category:Parks in Camden County, New Jersey
Category:1838 in paleontology
Category:1994 in paleontology
Category:Fossil parks in the United States
Category:Dinosaur fossils