Re: State Fossil Stuff

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Brusatte Steve wrote:

> Hey,
> I need help on the following questions:
> Do any of these states have official state fossils or have proposed state 
> fossils (within the last few years): Arkansas,

> Florida,

sea urchin, Eupatagus antillarum, Eocene

> Indiana,

Crinoid (Cyathocrinites multibrachiatus)
                                                               Proposed

> Iowa,

Crinoid (unofficial)


>  Michigan,

Petoskey stone (fossilized  coral)

> Minnesota,

Casturoides ohioensis (Giant Beaver)                                   
[proposed 1988]
                                                                Rynchotrema  
[also proposed: 1988]


> New Hampshire,

Brachiopod (based on a greatly distorted,
                                                               un-named 
specifmen found in metamorphic
                                                               rock!) Unofficial


> North Carolina, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Carolina, and West Virginia??
>
> Also, several states recognize fossils as official gems or stones.  Of these 
> states, I am aware of Florida, Michigan, Mississippi, Texas, Washington, and

> West Virginia.

Coral  (Lithostrotianella) Official (No Date                                    
                           known)



> Are there any that I am forgetting??
>
> Thank you much,
> Steve
>
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