Does your state have an official state dinosaur?

boingboing · February 10, 2021, 4:44pm

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Grasshopper · February 10, 2021, 4:53pm

Manitoba has an official fossil (Mosasaur) but surprisingly Alberta which is home to most of Canada’s fossilized dinosaurs doesn’t have an official fossil or official dinosaur.

joed · February 10, 2021, 4:58pm

joed · February 10, 2021, 5:01pm

Dammit. Hit reply too soon.

Here’s ours. Just look at that magnificent bastard:

Ratel · February 10, 2021, 5:02pm

Dawwww! Ours is a teeny tiny 50-foot-long brachiosaur:

docosc · February 10, 2021, 5:03pm

Once the kids get involved, stand back!

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joelfinkle · February 10, 2021, 5:03pm

Illinois may not have a state dino, but we do have a state fossil, the Tully Monster

It has the wonderful aspect that we don’t quite know what it is.

MikeKStar · February 10, 2021, 5:03pm

We got one of the cool ones!

In fact, the Colorado Rockies mascot is Dinger the Dinosaur

Ratel · February 10, 2021, 5:04pm

Okay, technically every state in the union has a state dinosaur.

joed · February 10, 2021, 5:06pm

Everything’s bigger in Texas.

DukeTrout · February 10, 2021, 5:06pm

Alaska: hold my beer.

leicester · February 10, 2021, 5:07pm

Suciasaurus rex under consideration in Washington, based on a femur found in the San Juans.

And no, your legislators better not let down a bunch of elementary students.

(We already have the Columbian Mammoth as state fossil…)

kpkpkp · February 10, 2021, 5:07pm

And here I thought the New Jersey official state dinosaur was our NYC-centric public transit system.

docosc · February 10, 2021, 5:10pm

Virginia doesn’t have a state dinosaur. We do have a state fossil. Chesapecten jeffersonius. It’s a scallop.

Michael_Lavin · February 10, 2021, 5:14pm

New York has a six foot long sea scorpion relative as the state fossil but no state dinosaur.

alahmnat · February 10, 2021, 5:16pm

Steggy was always my favorite as a kid.

prooftheory · February 10, 2021, 5:16pm

New Mexico

Chaz · February 10, 2021, 5:21pm

South Carolina

the_borderer · February 10, 2021, 5:22pm

I’m British so I don’t have a state, but we do have an official state dinosaur.

Ratel · February 10, 2021, 5:31pm

Checks out.