In 1973 the California state legislature designated the saber-tooth tiger (Smilodon californicus) as the california state fossil. In addition the duck-billed dinosaur, Augustynolophus morrisi was designated as the California state dinosaur in 2017. The naming of a California state fossil…
The Denver Museum Of Nature and Science has announced a significant, new fossil discovery documenting the rapid rise of mammals after the KT extinction event which killed over 75% of life on earth.
In 1996 the Delaware state legislature designated fossil belemnites (Belemnitella americana) as the Delaware state fossil.
In 1987 the Wyoming state legislature designated the small fossil fish Knightia as the Wyoming state fossil. In addition, in 1994 Triceratops was adopted as the Wyoming state dinosaur.
In 1977 the Nevada state legislature designated the ichthyosaur fossils as the Nevada state fossil. In 1989 this designation was amended to specifically be the fossils of Shonisaurus popularis.
In 1979 the Florida state legislature designated the agatized, fossil coral found in the Northwestern part of the state as the state stone.
In 1967 the North Dakota state legislature designated teredo petrified wood as the North Dakota state fossils.
In 1984 the New York state legislature designated Eurypterus remipes a type of Eurypterid, more commonly known as a sea scorpion as the New York state fossil.
In 2014 the Kansas state legislature designated the fossils of Tylosaurus and a Pteranodon as the official Kansas state fossils.
In 1984 the Alabama state legislature designated the Basilosaurus cetoides as the Alabama state fossil. Basilosaurus was a primitive, toothed whale that lived during the Eocene period (40 to 34 million years ago) and grew to about 50-60 feet in…
