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Chatham County Historical Association

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Chatham County Dinosaur

30 Sep 2025 8:18 PM | Chatham Historical Museum (Administrator)


This Chatham County dinosaur skeleton was the very first specimen cataloged in the American Museum of Natural History's fossil reptile collections!

So how did this humble Carolina crocodylomorph from Chatham County make its way to Central Park West before the first Tyrannosaurus or Triceratops?

Learn more:

https://indyweek.com/.../humble-chatham-county-phytosaur.../

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