Fossil Information (Phanerozoic Eon)
| ID: | 48 |
| Fossil Type: | Tooth |
| Fossil Description: | Primitive Crocodile or American Alligator |
| Status: | Extinct |
| Relative Size: | Medium |
| Class: | Sauropsida |
| Order: | Crocodilia |
| Family: | Crocodylidae (Cuvier, 1807) |
| Scientific Name (Genus species): | Thoracosaurus neocesariensis (Dekay) or Alligator Mississippiensis |
| Era/Period: | Cenozoic/Tertiary |
| Epoch/Age: | Miocene/Eocene |
| MYA: | 5 to 23/55 |
| Discovery Location (Water, Land): | Atlantic Ocean, Manasquan River Inlet |
| Discovery Location (City, ST): | Manasquan, NJ |
| Discovery Location (County): | Monmouth |
| Deepest Formation: | Manasquan |
| Color: | Black |
| Collector Name: | RLD |
| Image Filename 1: | DSCF3705.jpg |
| Image Filename 2: | DSCF3704.jpg |