NJ dinosaurs

[NJnuggetpirate]

is there any other dinosaur theropod in NJ besides dryptosaurus as far as i know the only two dinosaurs found in nj was the Drypto and hadrosaurus can someone give me some more insight on what other carnivore or herbavore dinosaurs that would be found in NJ

 

[NJnuggetpirate]

was there any raptor dinosaurs in the east coast i know there was dienonychus but did he get as far as NJ someone Help

 

[Charl]

I'll post a link or 2 that may help you...

Johns Hopkins Magazine - June 1996 Issue

http://digsfossils.com/fossils/footprints_main.html

This next paper focuses on Connecticut, but the same Newark series rocks, the same fossils and Dinos are in NJ, in other words, and is the best source of info I could find that would provide likely answers.

http://www.trincoll.edu/~cgeiss/tr/tr6/tr_6_p5.pdf

http://books.google.com/books?id=jo...a=X&ei=ivZmUYS3OqiB2gXWlYGIDA&ved=0CDAQ6AEwAA

 

[lordpiney]

Appelachiosaurus, and Dryptosaurus, were the only large Cretaceous therapods known to frequent our neck of the woods. They used to think that Drypto was a Tyrannosauridae, but they now think he was a large troodontid.

 

[NJnuggetpirate]

What about any raptors

 

[lordpiney]

As far as i know...there hasn't been any "raptors" found in the fossil records of N.J. Troodont's yes...but no Velociraptors. That's not to say they weren't here...just no remains have been found.

 

[NJnuggetpirate]

As far as i know...there hasn't been any "raptors" found in the fossil records of N.J. Troodont's yes...but no Velociraptors. That's not to say they weren't here...just no remains have been found.

How cool would it be to find one

 

[oxbowbarefoot]

How cool would it be to find one

If you do find one, just remember, their visual acuity isn't based on movement like T-Rex. If you stare at him, he'll stare right back. That's when the attack will come, not from the front, but from the sides, with the other two raptors you didn't even know were there.

 

[NJnuggetpirate]

Cleaver girl

 

[lordpiney]

How cool would it be to find one

Real cool!! i know they've found Ornithomimus bones in Monmouth county, but that's not a Raptor. the problem with finding dino remains here in N.J. is that any remains you find, were carcasses that washed out to sea during the Cretaceous. that's why most of the dino material found here is from larger dino's...(Hadrosaurs, Dryptosaurs, etc..) you should go to the museum in Trenton, and talk to William Gallagher. He can give you all the info you could ask for, and he's a great guy!

 

[NJnuggetpirate]

Real cool!! i know they've found Ornithomimus bones in Monmouth county, but that's not a Raptor. the problem with finding dino remains here in N.J. is that any remains you find, were carcasses that washed out to sea during the Cretaceous. that's why most of the dino material found here is from larger dino's...(Hadrosaurs, Dryptosaurs, etc..) you should go to the museum in Trenton, and talk to William Gallagher. He can give you all the info you could ask for, and he's a great guy!

Thanks piney I will eventually