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This is a list of U.S. state dinosaurs in the United States, including the District of Columbia. A large number of states also have dinosaurs as state fossils, but this list only includes those that have been officially designated as "state dinosaurs".<ref>State Fossils, Stately Fossils: A Comprehensive Look at the State Fossils and Other Official Fossils, Stephen Brusatte, Fossil News, September 2002, ISBN 0-9724416-2-X.</ref>

State or Territory	Dinosaur	As of	Source
Alabama
Alaska
American Samoa
Arizona
Arkansas	Arkansaurus fridayi	1972	[1]
California
Colorado	Stegosaurus
Connecticut
Delaware
District of Columbia	Capitalsaurus	June 10, 1998	[2]
Florida
Georgia
Guam
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland	Astrodon johnstoni	October 1, 1998	[3]
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri	Hadrosaur or Hypsibema missouriense	July 9, 2004	RSMo 10.095
Montana	Maiasaura
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey	Hadrosaurus foulkii	June 13, 1991	[4]
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Puerto Rico
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas	Pleurocoelus	1997	[5]
Utah
Vermont
Virgin Islands
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming	Triceratops	March 18, 1994	[6]

In 1998, the legislature of Arizona was unable to decide on a state dinosaur, or indeed a state fossil.

[edit] See also

• Lists of U.S. state insignia

[edit] References

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[edit] External links

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