Re: Official State Dinosaurs

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

On Fri, 6 Jun 1997, John Schneiderman wrote:

update: Offical State Fossils (6-6-97)<--1:10 pm

Alabama         Basilosaurus cetoides [formerly Zeuglodon cetoides]
                  (Eocene archaeocete whale)
Alaska          Woolly Mammoth
Arizona         petrified wood
California      Smilodon californicus (Sabertooth Cat)
Colorado       *Stegosaurus stenops
               *Ceratosaurus (official city fossil of Fruita, Colorado)
Connecticut    *Eubrontes giganteus (Theropod footprints)
Idaho           Hagerman horse fossil
Illinois        Tullimonstrum gregarium (Tully Monster)
Maine           Pertica quadrifaria
Maryland        Ecphora gardnerae (Miocene Gastropod)
                [unofficial: *Astrodon (cf. Pleurocoelus)]
Massachusetts  *Theropod footprints
Mississippi     prehistoric whale
Missouri        Delocrinus missouriensis (crinoid)
Montana        *Maiasaura peeblesorum
Nebraska        Mammoth
Nevada          Shonisaurus (ichyhtosaur)
New Jersey     *Hadrosaurus foulkii
New Mexico     *Coelophysis bauri (Ghost Ranch Quarry)
New York        Eurypterus remipes
North Dakota    Teredo petrified wood
Ohio            Isoletus maximus (trilobite - offical invertebrate fossil)
                Dunkelosteous (possible choice for vertebrate fossil)
Pennsylvania    Phacops rana (trilobite)
South Dakota   *Triceratops prorsus
Texas          *Pleurocoelus sp.
Utah           *Allosaurus fragilis
Wisconsin       Calymene celebra (trilobite)
Wyoming        *Triceratops horridus)


---John Schneiderman (dino@revelation.unomaha.edu)