A New Jersey Fossil Sea Serpent

TIk; jaws and a ])ortion of the vertebra of a fossil sea serpent (Pyihonomorphd) were fouiul not löag since in a marl pit at MarlboroDgbj-New Jersey. Prof. Lockwood estimated the lengtHof the lLving serpenl to have Íleon t'roin 4ü to OÜ fret - consideKibly less thau tint t of a proviously diBCOVcretl specimen. ïootli-marks o ilio boncs ïudicate a gmnl icit of anoient Bshes when the gve:t monster "lay likea great wreek on the old ooean bed." Tlie teeth, thuugh formidable, are abouk half tiie sin of tlieSO-io.it