List of U.S. state dinosaurs

This is a list of U.S. state dinosaurs in the United States, including the District of Columbia. Many states also have dinosaurs as state fossils, but this list only includes those that have been officially designated as "state dinosaurs".

List of dinosaurs for states in the US

State or Territory	Dinosaur	Date
Arizona	Sonorasaurus thompsoni	2018[1]
Arkansas	Arkansaurus fridayi	2017[2]
California	Augustynolophus morrisi	2017[3]
Colorado	Stegosaurus armatus	1982-04-28[4]
Connecticut	Dilophosaurus sp.	2017-07-10[5]
District of Columbia	Capitalsaurus	1998[6]
Maryland	Astrodon johnstoni	1998[7]
Missouri	Hypsibema missouriensis	2004[8]
New Jersey	Hadrosaurus foulkii	1991[9]
Oklahoma	Acrocanthosaurus atokensis	2006
Texas	Paluxysaurus jonesi	2009 (replaced Pleurocoelus which was state dinosaur 1997–2009)[10]
Utah	Utahraptor ostrommaysorum	2018[11]
Wyoming	Triceratops horridus	1994[12]

Notes

"Sonorasaurus officially named Arizona's state dinosaur". KTAR.com. 2018-04-11. Retrieved 2018-04-12.
Chandler, Angela (22 February 2017). "Official State Dinosaur". Encyclopedia of Arkansas. Retrieved 25 September 2017.
Blume, Howard (23 September 2017). "California gets its own official state dinosaur". Los Angeles Times.
"Archives -".
Altimari, Daniela. "Bill Naming State Dinosaur Signed by the Governor". courant.com. Retrieved 2017-07-20.
"Official Dinosaur Designation Act of 1998, Bill 12-538". Archived from the original on 2006-09-28.
"Astrodon johnstoni, Maryland State Dinosaur". Archived from the original on 2006-01-04. Retrieved 2007-09-03.
"RSMo 10.095". Archived from the original on 2013-10-30. Retrieved 2011-01-04.
"NJ Legislation on State Dinosaur".
Texas State Library and Archives Commission. Texas State Symbols. July 1, 2010. Accessed November 25, 2010.
Cathcart, Preston (2018-02-16). "Utahraptor bill sails through House committee". DeseretNews.com. Retrieved 2018-02-17.
"Wyoming Facts and Symbols - State of Wyoming".

External links

"The sort of official state dinosaur page. Dinosaur Interplanetary Gazette. (note that the list includes both "state dinosaurs" and "state fossils")

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List of U.S. state dinosaurs

List of dinosaurs for states in the US

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