List of U.S. state dinosaurs

{{Short description|None}} 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, or designate named avian dinosaurs (List of U.S. state birds), but this list only includes those that have been officially designated as "state dinosaurs". __TOC__ {{clear}}

==List of dinosaurs for states and other regions in the US== {| class="wikitable sortable" align="center" width="100%" |- bgcolor="#CCCCCC" ! State or Territory ! Dinosaur ! Image ! Year |- | Arizona | ''Sonorasaurus thompsoni'' | center|200px | 2018<ref>{{Cite news |date=2018-04-11 |title=Sonorasaurus officially named Arizona's state dinosaur |url=https://www.ktar.com/story/2018935/arizona-officially-names-sonorasaurus-state-dinosaur/ |access-date=2018-04-12 |work=KTAR.com |language=en-US}}</ref> |- | Arkansas | ''Arkansaurus fridayi'' | center|200px | 2017<ref>{{cite web |last1=Chandler |first1=Angela |date=22 February 2017 |title=Official State Dinosaur |url=https://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=3438 |access-date=25 September 2017 |website=Encyclopedia of Arkansas}}</ref> |- | California | ''Augustynolophus morrisi'' | center|200px | 2017<ref>{{cite news |last1=Blume |first1=Howard |date=23 September 2017 |title=California gets its own official state dinosaur |url=https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-me-ln-california-state-dinosaur-20170923-story.html |work=Los Angeles Times}}</ref> |- | Connecticut |''Dilophosaurus sp.'' | center|200px | 2017-07-10<ref>{{Cite news |last=Altimari |first=Daniela |title=Bill Naming State Dinosaur Signed by the Governor |url=https://www.courant.com/politics/capitol-watch/hc-bill-naming-state-dinosaur-signed-by-the-governor-20170718-story.html |access-date=2017-07-20 |work=courant.com |language=en-US}}</ref> |- | Delaware | ''Dryptosaurus aquilunguis'' | center|200x200px | 2022<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-05-17 |title=House Bill 390 151st General Assembly (Present) |url=https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?legislationId=109382 |website=Delaware General Assembly}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Megginson |first=Charles |date=2022-05-11 |title=Jurassic Times Call For Jurassic Measures: DE To Designate State Dino – Town Square Delaware LIVE |url=https://www.townsquaredelaware.com/jurassic-times-call-for-jurassic-measures-de-to-designate-state-dino/ |access-date=2022-05-19 |language=en-US}}</ref> |- | District of Columbia | "Capitalsaurus" | center|200px | 1998<ref>{{cite web |title=Official Dinosaur Designation Act of 1998, Bill 12-538 |url=https://www.dcwatch.com/archives/council12/12-538.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060928015747/https://www.dcwatch.com/archives/council12/12-538.htm |archive-date=2006-09-28}}</ref> |- | Idaho | ''Oryctodromeus cubicularis'' | center|200x200px | 2023<ref>{{cite web|date=2023-03-31|title=Senate Bill 1127|url=https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2023/legislation/S1127/|website=Idaho Legislature}}</ref> |-     |- | Massachusetts | ''Podokesaurus holyokensis'' | center|200px | 2021<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|last=Morrison|first=Heather|date=February 4, 2021|title=Massachusetts State Dinosaur: Podokesaurus holyokensis wins fan vote, lawmaker files legislation to officially declare state dinosaur|work=Masslive|url=https://www.masslive.com/politics/2021/02/massachusetts-state-dinosaur-podokesaurus-holyokensis-wins-fan-vote-lawmaker-to-file-legislation-to-officially-declare-state-dinosaur.html|access-date=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Lewis |first=Jack Patrick |date=February 4, 2021 |title=MA HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1392 FILED ON: 2/4/2021 |url=https://www.malegislature.gov/Bills/192/HD1392 |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=February 12, 2021 |website=The 192nd General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts}}</ref> |- | Maryland | ''Astrodon johnstoni'' | center|200px | 1998<ref>{{cite web |title=Astrodon johnstoni, Maryland State Dinosaur |url=https://www.mdarchives.state.md.us/msa/mdmanual/01glance/html/symbols/dino.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060104115251/https://www.mdarchives.state.md.us/msa/mdmanual/01glance/html/symbols/dino.html |archive-date=2006-01-04 |access-date=2007-09-03}}</ref> |- | Missouri | ''Parrosaurus missouriensis'' | center|200px | 2004<ref>{{Cite web |title=RSMo 10.095 |url=https://www.moga.mo.gov/statutes/chapters/chap010.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131030003934/https://www.moga.mo.gov/statutes/chapters/chap010.htm |archive-date=2013-10-30 |access-date=2011-01-04}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Missouri State Dinosaur - Missouri Secretary of State |url=https://www.sos.mo.gov/symbol/dinosaur |access-date=2022-12-23 |website=www.sos.mo.gov}}</ref> |- | New Jersey | ''Hadrosaurus foulkii'' | center|200px | 1991<ref>{{cite web |title=NJ Legislation on State Dinosaur |url=https://www.state.nj.us/njfacts/dinosar1.htm}}</ref> |- | Oklahoma | ''Acrocanthosaurus atokensis'' | center|200px | 2006<ref>{{cite web |title=§ 25-98.14. State dinosaur |url=https://ok.elaws.us/os/25-98.14 |access-date=12 July 2021 |website=eLaws.us |publisher=eLaws}}</ref> |- | Texas | ''Sauroposeidon proteles'' (originally ''Paluxysaurus jonesi'') | center|200px | 2009 (replaced ''Pleurocoelus'' which was state dinosaur 1997–2009)<ref>Texas State Library and Archives Commission. [https://www.tsl.state.tx.us/ref/abouttx/symbols.html Texas State Symbols.] July 1, 2010. Accessed November 25, 2010</ref> |- | Utah | ''Utahraptor ostrommaysorum'' | center|200px | 2018<ref>{{Citation |title= Utah Code Part 6, 63G-1-601 State symbols |url=https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title63G/Chapter1/C63G-1-P6_1800010118000101.pdf |access-date=2021-08-09 }}</ref> |- | Washington | "Suciasaurus rex" | center|200px | 2023<ref>{{Citation |title= HB 1020 - 2023-24 |url=https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary?BillNumber=1020&Initiative=false&Year=2023 |access-date=2023-05-05 }}</ref> |- | Wyoming | ''Triceratops horridus'' | center|200x200px | 1994<ref>{{cite web |title=Wyoming Facts and Symbols - State of Wyoming |url=https://www.wyo.gov/about-wyoming/wyoming-facts-and-symbols}}</ref> |- |}

== List of candidate dinosaurs == This is for dinosaurs that were or are candidates for state dinosaur but either were not designated or have yet to officially be. {| class="wikitable" |+ ! State !! Dinosaur !! Image !! Year !! Result |- | Arizona | ''Dilophosaurus wetherilli'' | center|200x200px | 1998<ref name="godzilla">{{cite news|last=Moeser|first=C.|date=April 26, 1998|title=Arizona dinosaur debate becomes real Godzilla|newspaper=The Arizona Republic|agency=Deseret News|url=https://www.deseret.com/1998/4/26/19376770/arizona-dinosaur-debate-becomes-real-godzilla|access-date=May 12, 2020}}</ref><ref name="StateDinosaur2">{{cite web|last=Gebers|first=S.|date=February 19, 2018|title=Arizona has no official state dinosaur, so an 11 year-old proposed one – the ''Sonorasaurus''|url=https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/legislature/2018/02/19/arizona-has-no-state-dinosaur-so-11-year-old-proposed-one/316691002/|access-date=February 20, 2018|via=AZ Central|newspaper=The Republic}}</ref> | Vetoed when it was revealed fossils were illegally taken from Navajo Nation<ref>{{Cite web|title=Dilophosaurus Discovered|url=https://ucmp.berkeley.edu/dilophosaur/discovery.html|access-date=2021-02-12|website=ucmp.berkeley.edu}}</ref> |- | Massachusetts | ''Anchisaurus polyzelus'' | center|200px | 2021<ref>{{Cite news|last=Smith|first=Meghan|date=January 6, 2021|title=Mass. Will Soon Have An Official State Dinosaur — And A Lesson In The Legislative Process|work=GBH|url=|access-date=}}</ref> | Lost to ''Podokesaurus'' in a poll taken prior to bill<ref name=":0" />

== References == {{Reflist|2}}

==External links== * "[https://web.archive.org/web/20041012044902/https://www.dinosaur.org/statedino.htm 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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