List of State Fossils for the United States

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This is a list of the official state fossils of the United States . These fossils are considered state landmarks in the respective states of the United States :

List of state fossils

State Age Trivial or group name scientific name Date of acceptance Illustration
Alabama Eocene " Primeval whale " Basilosaurus cetoides 1984
Basilosaurus cetoides
Alaska Pleistocene Woolly mammoth Mammuthus primigenius 1986
Woolly mammoth
Arizona Triad Silicified wood from araucarias "Araucarioxylon" arizonicum 1988
stoned wood
Colorado law Stegosaurus Stegosaurus stenops April 28, 1982
Stegosaurus
Connecticut law fossilized footsteps from theropod dinosaurs Eubrontes giganteus 1991
Example of a Eubrontes step seal, but here in sandstones from Arizona.
Delaware chalk Belemnite Belemnitella americana 2nd July 1996
Two specimens of Belemnitella
Florida Oligocene - Miocene agatized coral
(not the official state fossil, but the state rock )
no particular species or genus 1979
Sawn up agate coral
Georgia Cretaceous - Miocene Megalodon tooth Otodus megalodon 1976
Megalodon tooth compared to that of the great white shark
Idaho Pliocene Hagerman horse (American zebra) Equus simplicidens 1988
Equus simplicidens
Illinois Pennsylvania Tully monster Tullimonstrum gregarium 1989
Concretion with Tullimonstrum gregarium
California Pleistocene Saber-toothed cat Smilodon californicus 1973
Smilodon californicus
Kentucky Ordovician - Mississippian Arm pods no particular species or genus 1986
Arm pods
Louisiana Oligocene Silicified palm wood Palmoxylon (unofficial) 1976
Silicified wood, but not palm wood
Maine Devon early vascular plant Pertica quadrifaria 1985
Maryland Miocene slug Ecphora gardnerae gardnerae October 1, 1994
E. g. gardnerae
Massachusetts law fossilized dinosaur kick seal no specific type or genus of trace 1980
Three-toed dinosaur footprints on display at the Beneski Museum of Natural History, Amherst College
Michigan Holocene American mastodon Mammoth americanum 2002
Mammoth americanum
Mississippi Eocene " Urwale " Basilosaurus and Zygorhiza kochii 1981
Zygorhiza kochii
Missouri Pennsylvanian Sea lily Delocrinus missouriensis 1989  
Montana chalk Duck-billed dinosaur Maiasaura peeblesorum 1985
Maiasaura skull
Nebraska Pleistocene mammoth no particular species or genus 1967  
Nevada Triad Ichthyosaurs Shonisaurus 1977
Shonisaurus life reconstruction in original size on a wall in Berlin-Ichthyosaur State Park
New Mexico Triad Ceratosaurs Coelophysis bauri 1981
Coelophysis bauri
new York Silurian Sea scorpion Eurypterus remipes 1984
Eurypterus remipes
North Dakota Paleocene Petrified wood drilled through by the shipworm ( Teredo ) Teredolites 1967
Recent Teredolites buildings in the wood of a dock
Ohio Ordovician Trilobite Isotelus 1985
Isotelus
Oklahoma law Carnosaurs Saurophaganax maximus 2000
Saurophaganax maximus (left)
Oregon Eocene Primeval sequoia Metasequoia May 12, 2005
Branch of a fossil Metasequoia ( M. occidentalis )
Pennsylvania Devon Trilobite Phacops rana 5th December 1988
Phacops rana
South carolina Pleistocene Prairie mammoth Mammuthus columbi May 16, 2014
Prairie mammoth
South Dakota chalk Horn dinosaur Triceratops 1988
Triceratops
Tennessee chalk shell Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) thoracica 1998
Trigonia , a close relative of Pterotrigonia
Utah law Carnosauria Allosaurus 1988
Allosaurus
Vermont Pleistocene Beluga whale Delphinapterus leucas 1993
Beluga whale
Virginia Pliocene Scallop Chesapecten Jeffersonius 1993
Flaps (outside) by Chesapecten Jeffersonius
Washington Pleistocene Prairie mammoth Mammuthus columbi March 25, 1998
Prairie mammoth
West Virginia Pleistocene " Giant sloth " Megalonyx jeffersonii March 2008
Megalonyx
Wisconsin Ordovician - Silurian Trilobite Calymene celebra 1985
Calymene celebra
Wyoming Eocene herring Knightia

(Wyoming also has Triceratops as "State Dinosaur")

February 18, 1987
Knightia eocena

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  1. ^ [1] Alabama Department of Archives and History - State Symbols
  2. ^ Ruth Bjorklund: It's my state: Alaska. Benchmark Books, Marshall Cavendish, New York 2005, p. 26, ISBN 0-7614-1823-7
  3. Evelyn M. Vanden Dolder: Petrified Wood: Legacy From a Late Triassic Landscape. Arizona Geology. Vol. 19, No. 1, 1989, pp. 1–3, online (PDF; 2.1 MB)
  4. Archived copy ( memento of the original from February 10, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Colorado Geological Survey - State Fossil @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / geosurvey.state.co.us
  5. [2] State of Connecticut - Sites, Seals and Symbols
  6. ^ [3] Delaware Geological Survey - State fossil
  7. ^ [4] Florida Department of State - State Stone
  8. ^ [5] The New Georgia Encyclopedia - State fossil
  9. [6] Idaho Museum of Natural History - State Symbols of Idaho
  10. Archived copy ( Memento of the original from January 24, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. State of Illinois - Illinois Facts, Symbols @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.illinois.gov
  11. ^ [7] California State Library - History and Culture - State Insignia
  12. [8] Kentucky Geological Survey / University of Kentucky: State Fossil
  13. ^ [9] Paul V. Heinrich (2001): Petrified Palm Wood - The Louisiana State Fossil (convenient geology website)
  14. [10] Maine Geological Survey: Pertica quadrifaria : Maine's State Fossil (incl. Illustration)
  15. [11] Maryland Geological Survey, FactSheet 6 - State fossil
  16. [12] CIS Massachusetts - State Symbols
  17. [13] Michigan's State Symbols (PDF, page 2; 388 kB)
  18. ^ [14] Mississippi Department of Environmental FAQ
  19. ^ [15] Missouri Secretary of State - State Symbols of Missouri
  20. [16] Montana Outdoors - State Symbols
  21. [17] 2012-13 Nebraska Blue Book, pp. 11-19: Nebraska's State Symbols (PDF; 268 kB)
  22. [18] nmstatefossil.org (New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science)
  23. ^ [19] New York State Library - State fossil
  24. [20] North Dakota Government State Symbols - Fossil
  25. Archived copy ( Memento of the original from May 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Ohio Secretary of State: State Fossil - Isotelus @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.sos.state.oh.us
  26. [21] Tulsa Geoscience Center: The Oklahoma State Fossil
  27. Archived copy ( Memento of the original dated August 13, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Oregon House Joint Resolution 3 - State Fossil @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.leg.state.or.us
  28. ^ [22] Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources: The State Fossil
  29. [23] Seanna Adcox: South Carolina's state fossil is the Columbian mammoth. The Post and Courier, May 20, 2014
  30. Archived copy ( Memento of the original from February 20, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. South Dakota Signs and Symbols @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.state.sd.us
  31. [24] The University of Tennessee at Martin (UTM): Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) thoracica - Tennessee's State Fossil
  32. [25] Public Pioneer, Utahs State Symbols
  33. Archived copy ( memento of the original dated August 10, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. University of Vermont: Our State Fossil @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.uvm.edu
  34. Archived copy ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. The College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA: Geology of Virginia - Fossils of Virginia - Chesapecten jeffersonius @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / web.wm.edu
  35. ^ Bax R. Barton: Some Notable Finds of Columbian Mammoths from Washington State. Washington Geology. Vol. 27, No. 2/3/4, 1999, p. 23
  36. ^ E. Ray Garton: Megalonyx jeffersonii , "Jefferson's giant claw", the new West Virginia State Fossil. West Virginia Geological and Economic Survey Colloquium Series (Abstract), April 14, 2008, online (PDF; 87 kB)
  37. Archived copy ( Memento of the original from January 12, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. State of Wisconsin - State Symbols @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.wisconsin.gov
  38. Archived copy ( memento of the original dated December 24, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Wyoming Secretary of State: State symbols @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / soswy.state.wy.us

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