Re: Official State Dinosaurs

[John Schneiderman <dino@revelation.unomaha.edu>]

Offical State Fossils

Alabama           Basilosaurus cetoides
Alaska            Woolly Mammoth
Arizona           petrified wood
Colorado         *Stegosaurus stenops
Connecticut      *Theropod footprints (Eubrontes giganteus)
Idaho             Hagerman horse fossil
Maine             Pertica quadrifaria
Maryland          Ecphora gardnerae
                  [unofficial: *Astrodon (cf. Pleurocoelus)]
Massachusetts    *Theropod footprints
Mississippi       prehistoric whale
Missouri          crinoid
Montana          *Maiasaura peeblesorum
Nebraska          Mammoth
Nevada            ichyhtosaur
New Jersey       *Hadrosaurus foulkii
New Mexico       *Coelophysis  <--- Coelophysis bauri (Ghost Ranch)
North Dakota      Teredo petrified wood
South Dakota     *Triceratops prorsus
Texas            *Pleurocoelus  <--- Pleurocoelus sp.
Utah             *Allosaurus fragilis
Wyoming          *Triceratops  <--- Triceratops horridus
 
 
---John Schneiderman (dino@revelation.unomaha.edu)