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New Jersey is a fossil hotspot, with answers about the day the dinosaurs died

NPR · Aug 28, 2026, 2:38 PM UTC

Paleontologist Ken Lacovara never expected to find critical fossil data in a New Jersey suburb—let alone info about the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs. His dig site is now a fossil park and museum.

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