![]() ![]() Oklahoma: Acrocanthosaurus atokensis (state dinosaur) New Jersey: Hadrosaurus foulkii (state dinosaur) Montana: Maiasaura peeblesorum (state fossil) Missouri: Hypsibema missouriensis (state dinosaur) Massachusetts: dinosaur tracks (state fossil) Massachusetts: Podokesaurus holyokensis (state dinosaur) Maryland: Astrodon johnstoni (state dinosaur) A 17th state might be joining this group soon: Washington, with the informally named carnivore “Suciasaurus rex”.Īrkansas: Arkansaurus fridayi (state dinosaur)Ĭalifornia: Augustynolophus morrisi (state dinosaur)Ĭonnecticut: Dilophosaurus (state dinosaur)Ĭonnecticut: Eubrontes (track) (state fossil)ĭistrict of Columbia: “Capitalsaurus” (state dinosaur) There is an old genus name available for the Missouri species, Parrosaurus, so it might be that this state symbol has a name change coming in the future. It is not clear that Hypsibema missouriensis belongs in that genus. It is important for Missouri because Hypsibema was originally named for a few bones from North Carolina. The species name isn’t usually critical because most dinosaur genera only have one species. ![]() Some have just used the genus name, although it’s becoming more popular to include the species name as well. States have not been consistent about including a species name, such as rex. Surprisingly, so far no state has chosen Tyrannosaurus rex as either state fossil or state dinosaur. Sixteen states and the District of Columbia have either a state dinosaur, or a state fossil that is a dinosaur. ![]()
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