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Hadrosaurus Foulkii at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University

Although the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University has some impressive exhibits, and a fun, animatronic carnivore, the most significant fossil on display there is hadrosaurus foulkii, the first nearly complete dinosaur skeleton found. It was excavated from Haddonfield marl pit in 1858 and became the first dinosaur skeleton in the world to be mounted for public display in 1868. It was also the fossil that began the Bone Wars between Cope and Marsh.

>For more information on Haddy, as the skeleton is affectionately named, read our post “Haddy, the Hadrosaurus in Haddonfield, NJ.”

Below are some pictures we took from our visit to the Academy of Natural Sciences. If you ever get a chance to visit, let us know what you think!

Haddy, the Hadrosaurus in Haddonfield, NJ

Haddonfield, NJ is home to hadrosaurus foulki, the world’s first nearly complete dinosaur skeleton (which started the Bone Wars).  According to one blog:

“In the summer of 1858, Victorian gentleman and fossil hobbyist William Parker Foulke was vacationing in Haddonfield, New Jersey, when he heard that twenty years previous, workers had found gigantic bones in a local marl pit. Foulke spent the the late summer and fall directing a crew of hired diggers shin deep in gray slime. Eventually he found the bones of an animal larger than an elephant with structural features of both a lizard and a bird.”

The site became “ground zero” for dinosaur paleontology, and it’s marked by a commemorative stone and a small park. Located at the end of a suburban street, it’s both hard and really cool to imagine that dinosaurs once roamed there. Kids always leave dinosaur toys on the picnic table next to the stone.

The hadrosaurus skeleton ended up at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University. You can read more about it in our post, “Hadrosaurus foulkii at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University.”

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