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

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.

<img src='undefined' alt='Ken Lacovara examining a fossil'/><p>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.</p><p>(Image credit: <i>Edelman Fossil Park &amp; Museum of Rowan University</i>)</p><img src='https://media.npr.org/include/images/tracking/npr-rss-pixel.png?story=g-s1-140898' />