List of U.S. state fossils: Difference between revisions - Wikipedia
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Most American states in the US have madedesignated a '''state fossil designation''', in many cases during the 1980s. It is common to designate onea speciesfossilized in which fossilization has occurredspecies, rather than a single specimen, or a category of fossils. notState limitedfossils toare distinct from other state emblems like [[state dinosaur]]s, [[state stone]]s, [[state mineral]]s, [[state gemstone]]s or [[state rock]]s and a singlestate speciesmay designate one, a few, or all of those. For example, in [[Arizona]], the state stone is [[turquoise]] and the state dinosaur is ''[[Sonorasaurus thompsoni]]'' yet the state fossil is [[petrified wood]].
The two first states to designate a state fossil were [[Nebraska]] and [[North Dakota]], both in 1967.
Some states that lack an explicit state fossil have nevertheless singled out a fossil for formal designation as a [[List of U.S. state dinosaurs|state dinosaur]], [[List of U.S. state minerals, rocks, stones and gemstones|rock, gem or stone]].
Seven states and the District of Columbia still lack an explicit state fossil:
* [[Arkansas]]: still no state fossil in Arkansas, though the state designated ''[[Arkansaurus]]'' as its [[state dinosaur]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.fossilera.com/pages/arkansas-state-fossil-arkansaurus | title= Arkansas State Fossil - Arkansaurus - While Arkansas does not officially have a state fossil it does have a state dinosaur | access-date= August 31, 2024 | work= State Symbols, State Fossil | publisher= Fossilera}}</ref>
* [[District of Columbia]]: ''[[Capitalsaurus]]'' is the state dinosaur of Washington D.C., but the District has not chosen a state fossil.
* [[Florida]]: There is no state fossil in Florida, though [[Agate|agatised]] [[coral]], which is a fossil, is the [[state stone]].
* [[Hawaii]]▼
** [[Iowa]]: The [[crinoid]] was proposed in 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|date=January 23, 2018|title=Iowa to consider recognizing official state fossil|url=https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/iowa-to-consider-recognizing-official-state-fossil/|website=The Seattle Times}}</ref>▼
** [[Minnesota]]: The [[Castoroides|giant beaver]] was proposed in 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Giant Beaver swamps competition to be Minnesota state fossil |url=https://www.mprnews.org/story/2021/10/13/giant-beaver-swamps-competition-to-be-minnesota-state-fossil |access-date=September 15, 2022 |website=MPR News |date=October 13, 2021 |language=en}}</ref>▼
** [[New Hampshire]]: The [[Mastodon|American mastodon]] (''Mammut americanum'') was considered in 2015.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Carlson|first=Brady|date=January 6, 2015|title=Granite Geek: Will The Mastodon Become New Hampshire's Official State Fossil?|work=New Hampshire Public Radio|url=https://www.nhpr.org/post/granite-geek-will-mastodon-become-new-hampshires-official-state-fossil#stream/0}}</ref>▼
** The[[Texas]]: There is no state fossil though the [[List of U.S. state dinosaurs|state dinosaur]] of Texas is ''[[Sauroposeidon proteles]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.tsl.texas.gov/ref/abouttx/symbols.html |title=Texas State Symbols |publisher=[[Texas State Legislature]] |access-date=December 13, 2017}}</ref>▼
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|| ''[[Basilosaurus]]'' [[whale]]
|| ''[[Basilosaurus cetoides]]''
|| [[File:Basilosaurus cetoides.jpg|upright|center|thumb100px]]
|| 1984<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.archives.state.al.us/emblems/st_fosil.html | title= Official State of Alabama Fossil | access-date= March 19, 2007 | date= August 2, 2005 | work= Alabama Emblems, Symbols and Honors | publisher= Alabama Department of Archives & History | archive-date= December 30, 2007 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20071230022941/http://www.archives.state.al.us/emblems/st_fosil.html | url-status= dead }}</ref>
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| [[Alaska]]
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|| [[Woolly mammoth]]
|| ''[[Mammuthus primigenius]]''
|| [[File:Mammoth mg 2791.jpg|upright|center|thumb100px]]
||1986
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|| [[Petrified wood]]
|| ''[[Araucarioxylon arizonicum]]''
|| [[File:ArizonaPetrifiedWood.jpg|upright|center|thumb100px]]
||1988
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|| [[Saber-toothed cat]]
|| ''[[Smilodon fatalis]]''
|| [[File:Smilodon fatalis, Pengo.jpg|upright|center|thumb100px]]
||1974
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|| ''[[Stegosaurus]]''
|| ''[[Stegosaurus|Stegosaurus armatus]]''
|| [[File:Stegosaurus Struct.jpg|upright|center|thumb100px]]
|| 1982
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|| [[Ichnite|Dinosaur tracks]]
|| ''[[Eubrontes|Eubrontes giganteus]]''
|| [[File:Dinosaur State Park (Rocky Hill, CT) - close-up.JPG|upright|center|thumb100px]]
|| 1991
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|| [[Belemnite]]
|| ''[[Belemnitella americana]]''
|| [[File:BelemniteDB2.jpg|upright|center|thumb100px]]
|| 1996
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| [[District of Columbia]]
|| [[Cretaceous]]▼
|| "[[Capitalsaurus]]"<br/>(state dinosaur)
|| [[nomen nudum]] only
|| [[File:Capitalsaurus.jpg|upright|center|thumb]]▼
|| 1998
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| [[Florida]]
|| [[Eocene]]
|| [[agate|Agatized]] [[coral]]<br/>(state stone)
|| [[Cnidaria]], [[Coral|Anthozoa]]
|| [[File:Fossil agatized coral Florida.JPG|thumb|center|upright]]
||1979
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| [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]
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|| [[Shark teeth|Shark tooth]]
|| undetermined
|| [[File:Shark teeth in stone.jpg|upright|center|thumb100px]]
|| 1976<ref>{{cite web |date=March 30, 2014 |title=Georgia State Fossil |url=http://www.e-referencedesk.com/resources/state-fossil/georgia.html |url-status=usurpeddead |access-date=March 30, 2014 |work=State Symbols, State Fossil |publisher=e-Reference Desk |archive-date=March 2, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120302030035/http://www.e-referencedesk.com/resources/state-fossil/georgia.html }}</ref>
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|| [[Hagerman horse]]
|| ''[[Equus simplicidens]]''
|| [[File:Equus simplicidens mounted 02.jpg|upright|center|thumb100px]]
|| 1988<ref>[https://sos.idaho.gov/state-emblems/ The Hagerman horse at the Idaho official list of state emblems]</ref>
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| [[Illinois]]
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|| [[Tully monster]]
|| ''[[Tullimonstrum gregarium]]''
|| [[File:Tullimonstrum.jpg|upright|center|thumb100px]]
|| 1989<ref>{{citation |title= Illinois State Symbols |publisher= Department of Natural Resources |url= https://www.dnr.illinois.gov/education/Pages/ILStateSymbols.aspx |access-date= May 20, 2019 |archive-date= February 17, 2017 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170217031752/https://www.dnr.illinois.gov/education/Pages/ILStateSymbols.aspx |url-status= dead }}</ref>
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|| [[American mastodon]]
|| ''[[Mammut americanum]]''
|| [[File:Mammut americanum ROM - American Mastodon.jpg|upright|center|thumb100px]]
|| 2022<ref>{{citationcite news |title= Indiana lawmakers name mastodon as first state fossil |agency=[[Associated Press]] |publisher= [[WHAS-TV]]|url=https://www.whas11.com/article/news/local/indiana/mastodons-indiana-first-official-fossil/417-cd2d6a5f-6a90-4fd2-a182-3d2bf1175f1f |date=February 19, 2022 |access-date=February 21, 2022}}</ref>
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| rowspan="2" | [[Kansas]]
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|| ''[[Pteranodon]]''<br/>(state flying fossil)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.kshs.org/kansapedia/state-fossils/18626 | title=State Fossils - Kansapedia - Kansas Historical Society }}</ref>
|| ''Pteranodon longiceps''
|| [[File:Pteranodon_amnh_martyniuk.jpg|upright|center|thumb100px]]
|| 2014<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.fossilera.com/pages/state-fossils#kansas | title= List of State Fossils | access-date= September 1, 2015 | work= State Symbols, State Fossil | publisher= Fossilera}}</ref>
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|| ''[[Tylosaurus]]''<br/>(state marine fossil)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.kshs.org/kansapedia/state-fossils/18626 | title=State Fossils - Kansapedia - Kansas Historical Society }}</ref>
|| ''Tylosaurus kansasensis''
|| [[File:JVBA_Mosasaur_6-09-2010.jpg|upright|center|thumb100px]]
|| 2014<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.fossilera.com/pages/state-fossils#kansas | title= List of State Fossils | access-date= September 1, 2015 | work= State Symbols, State Fossil | publisher= Fossilera}}</ref>
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|| [[Brachiopod]]
|| undetermined
|| [[File:Cincinnetina meeki (Miller, 1875) slab 3.jpg|upright|center|thumb100px]]
|| 1986<ref>{{cite web|url=http://kdla.ky.gov/resources/KYSymbols.htm |title=Kentucky State Symbols |publisher=Kentucky Department of Libraries and Archives |date=March 30, 2007 |access-date=July 2, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110128223448/http://kdla.ky.gov/resources/KYSymbols.htm |archive-date=January 28, 2011}}</ref>
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|| [[Petrified palmwood]]
||''[[Palmoxylon]]''
|| [[File:Petrified-Forest-Chemnitz4.JPG|upright|center|thumb100px]]
||1976<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.ereferencedesk.com/resources/state-fossil/louisiana.html | title = Louisiana State Fossil | access-date= March 8, 2015 | date= March 8, 2015 | work= State Symbols, State Fossil | publisher= e-Reference Desk}}</ref>
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|| Pertica [[plant]]
|| ''[[Pertica quadrifaria]]''
||[[File:Pertica quadrifaria reconstruccion.jpg|upright|center|thumb100px]]
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|| ''[[Ecphora gardnerae]]''<br/>[[Gastropod shell|shell]]
|| ''[[Ecphora gardnerae gardnerae|Ecphora gardnerae<br/>gardnerae]]''
||[[File:Ecphora gardnerae.jpg|upright|center|thumb100px]]
|| 1984 (name revised, 1994)<ref>{{cite web | title=Maryland's Official State Fossil Shell |url=http://www.mgs.md.gov/geology/fossils/maryland_state_fossil_shell_fs.html|publisher=Maryland Geological Survey|access-date=February 16, 2017}}</ref>
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|| [[Ichnite|Dinosaur tracks]]
|| ''[[Eubrontes|Eubrontes giganteus]]''
|| [[File:Eubrontes giganteus (dinosaur footprint) (Longmeadown Formation, Upper Triassic to Lower Jurassic; Mt. Tom Dinosaur Tracksite, Connecticut River Valley, Massachusetts, USA).jpg|upright|center|100px]]
|| [[File:Dinosaur State Park (Rocky Hill, CT) - close-up.JPG|upright|center|thumb]]
|| 1980<ref>[https://statesymbolsusa.org/symbol-official-item/massachusetts/state-dinosaur-fossil/dinosaur-tracks Official state fossil of Massachusetts in "State Symbols USA"]</ref>
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| [[Michigan]]
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|| [[American mastodon]]
|| ''[[Mammut americanum]]''
|| [[File:Mammut americanum ROM - American Mastodon.jpg|upright|center|thumb100px]]
|| 2002
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|| "Prehistoric whale"
|| ''[[Zygorhiza kochii]]''
|| [[File:Zygorhiza kochii (early whale).jpg|upright|center|thumb100px]]
|| 1981<ref>{{Citation |title= Fossil whale: State Fossil of Mississippi |number=Pamphlet 3 |publisher=Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality |date=1991 |url= https://www.mdeq.ms.gov/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Pamphlet-3.pdf |access-date=May 9, 2019}}</ref>
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||[[Delocrinus|''Delocrinus missouriensis'']]
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|| 1989<ref>"[https://s1.sos.mo.gov/symbol/fossil The crinoid became Missouri’s official fossil in 1989 after a group of Lee’s Summit students worked through the legislative process to promote it as a state symbol]", Missouri's Secretary of State official website</ref>
|| 1989
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| [[Montana]]
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|| [[Hadrosaurid|Duck-billed]] dinosaur
|| ''[[Maiasaura|Maiasaura peeblesorum]]''
|| [[File:Maiasaura peeblesorum cast - University of California Museum of Paleontology - Berkeley, CA - DSC04688.JPG|thumb100px|center|upright]]
|| 1985<ref>"[https://www.atoztheusa.com/montana/state-fossil.html On February 22, 1985, a bill was passed unanimously, designating ''Maiasaura peeblesorum'' as Montana’s official state fossil]", ''A to Z USA by World Trade Press''</ref>
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| [[Nebraska]]
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|| [[Woolly mammoth]]<br/>[[Columbian mammoth]]<br/>[[Imperial mammoth]]
|| ''[[Mammuthus primigenius]]''<br/>''[[Mammuthus columbi]]''<br/>''[[Mammuthus imperator]]''
|| [[File:Mammoth mg 2791.jpg|upright|center|thumb100px]]
|| 1967<ref>[https://statesymbolsusa.org/symbol-official-item/nebraska/state-dinosaur-fossil/mammoth Official state fossil of Nebraska in "State Symbols USA"]</ref><ref>"[https://eas2.unl.edu/~tfrank/History%20on%20the%20Rocks/Nebraska%20Geology/Cenozoic/cenozoic%20web/5/Flora%20and%20Fauna.html Elephants in Nebraska]", article on the website ''Nebraska During the Cenozoic Era''</ref>
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*| [[New Jersey]]▼
▲|| [[Cretaceous]]
|| ''[[Hadrosaurus]]''
|| ''[[Hadrosaurus|Hadrosaurus foulkii]]''
|| [[File:Hadrosaurus_reconstruction.jpg|upright|center|100px]]
|| 1991<ref>{{cite web | url= https://www.haddonfieldnj.org/information/about_our_town/hadrosaurus_foulkii_(_haddy_)_information/index.php | title= Hadrosaurus Foulkii ("Haddy") Information | access-date= August 30, 2024 | date= | work= Official website of the Borough of Haddonfield | publisher= Borough of Haddonfield | archive-date= | archive-url= | url-status= }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url= https://geologymuseum.rutgers.edu/about-us-geology-museum/mastodon-musings/mastodon-musings/255-the-story-of-new-jersey-s-state-fossil-hadrosaurus-foulkii | title= The Story of New Jersey’s State Fossil: Hadrosaurus foulkii | access-date= August 30, 2024 | date= | work= Official website of the Rutgers Geology Museum | publisher= Rutgers Geology Museum | archive-date= | archive-url= | url-status= }}</ref>
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| [[Nevada]]
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|| ''[[Shonisaurus|Ichthyosaur]]''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://statesymbolsusa.org/symbol-official-item/nevada/state-dinosaur-fossil/ichthyosaur|title = Nevada State Fossil | Ichthyosaur| date=May 28, 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ereferencedesk.com/resources/state-fossil/nevada.html|title = Nevada State Fossil: Ichthyosaur (Genus Shonisaurus)}}</ref>
|| ''[[Shonisaurus popularis]]''
|| [[File:Shonisaurus BW 2.jpg|upright|center|thumb100px]]
||1977 (designated) 1988 (amended)
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|| ''[[Coelophysis]]''
|| ''[[Coelophysis|Coelophysis bauri]]''
|| [[File:Coelophysis mount NHM2.jpg|upright|center|thumb100px]]
||1981<ref>"[https://s1.sos.mo.gov/symbol/fossil About New Mexico - State Fossil]", New Mexico's Secretary of State official website</ref><ref>"[https://geoinfo.nmt.edu/publications/periodicals/earthmatters/17/n2/em_v17_n2.pdf Coelophysis, the New Mexico State Fossil]", at ''New Mexico Earth Matters'', New Mexico Bureau of Geology & Mineral Resources official website</ref>
||1981
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| [[New York (state)|New York]]
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|| [[Eurypterida|Sea scorpion]]
|| ''[[Eurypterus remipes]]''
|| [[File:Eurypterus remipes 001.jpg|upright|center|thumb100px]]
|| 1984
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|[[Shark tooth]]
|''[[Megalodon|Otodus megalodon]]''
|[[File:Carcharocles megalodon tooth.JPG|upright|center|thumb|''Otodus megalodon'' tooth100px]]
|2013<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ncpedia.org/symbols/fossil|title=Fossil, Fossilized Teeth of the Megalodon Shark {{!}} NCpedia|website=ncpedia.org|access-date=March 17, 2016}}</ref>
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|| ''[[Teredo (bivalve)|Teredo]]'' petrified wood
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|| 1967<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.fossilera.com/pages/north-dakota-state-fossil-teredo-petrified-wood | title= North Dakota State Fossil - Teredo Petrified Wood | access-date= August 31, 2024 | work= State Symbols, State Fossil | publisher= Fossilera}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=North Dakota State Fossil |url=https://www.statesymbolsusa.org/symbol-official-item/north-dakota/state-dinosaur-fossil/teredo-petrified-wood|access-date=August 31, 2024|website=statesymbolsusa.org|date= }}</ref>
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|| [[Trilobite]]
|| ''[[Isotelus|Isotelus maximus]]'' (Fossil invertebrate)
||[[File:Isotelus brachycephalus.JPG|upright|center|thumb100px]]
|| 1985<ref>{{Citation|title=5.071 State invertebrate fossil|work=Ohio Revised Code|url=https://codes.ohio.gov/orc/gp5.071|access-date= February 9, 2021}}</ref>
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|''[[Dunkleosteus]]''
|''Dunkleosteus terrelli'' (Fossil Fish)
|[[File:202010 Dunkleosteus telleri.svg|upright|center|thumb100px]]
|2021<ref>{{Citation|title=5.078 Official fossil fish of the state|work=Ohio Revised Code|url=https://codes.ohio.gov/orc/gp5.078|access-date= February 9, 2021}}</ref>
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|| ''[[Saurophaganax]]''
|| ''[[Saurophaganax maximus]]''
|| [[File:Saurophaganax 2.jpg|upright|center|thumb100px]]
||2000<ref>{{Cite web|title=Oklahoma State Fossil {{!}} Saurophaganax Maximus|url=https://statesymbolsusa.org/symbol-official-item/oklahoma/state-dinosaur-fossil/saurophaganax-maximus|access-date=January 30, 2021|website=statesymbolsusa.org|date=September 6, 2014 }}</ref>
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|| [[Metasequoia|Dawn redwood]]
|| ''[[Metasequoia]]''
|| [[File:Metasequoia branchlet 02.jpg|upright|center|thumb100px]]
|| 2005
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|| [[Trilobite]]
|| ''[[Phacops rana]]''
|| [[File:Phacops rana.jpg|upright|center|thumb100px]]
|| 1988<ref>{{citation |title= Official State Fossil – Phaecops rana |date = December 5, 1988 |publisher= Pennsylvania Legislature |url= https://www.legis.state.pa.us/WU01/LI/LI/US/PDF/1988/0/0138..PDF |access-date= September 28, 2021}}</ref>
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| [[Rhode Island]]
|| [[OrdovicianPaleozoic]]
|| [[Trilobite]]
|| Genus and species not stated<ref>[https://earthathome.org/hoe/us-earth-science-quick-facts/ri/ Rhode Island State Fossil: Trilobite - In 2022, Rhode Island designated trilobites (genus and species not stated) as the state fossil], published by [[Paleontological Research Institution]].</ref>
|[[Trilobite|''Trilobita'']]
▲|| [[File:CapitalsaurusPhacops rana.jpg|upright|center|thumb100px]]
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|| 2023<ref>{{cite web | url= https://law.justia.com/codes/rhode-island/title-42/chapter-42-4/section-42-4-23/ | title= 2023 Rhode Island General Laws Title 42 - State Affairs and Government Chapter 42-4 - State Emblems Section 42-4-23. - State fossil. | access-date= August 30, 2024 | date= | work= US Law, official publication | publisher= Justia.com | archive-date= | archive-url= | url-status= }}</ref>
|2022<ref>{{Cite web |title=State of Rhode Island General Assembly |url=https://www.rilegislature.gov/pressrelease/_layouts/RIL.PressRelease.ListStructure/Forms/DisplayForm.aspx?List=c8baae31-3c10-431c-8dcd-9dbbe21ce3e9&ID=372781&Web=2bab1515-0dcc-4176-a2f8-8d4beebdf488 |access-date=2024-02-09 |website=www.rilegislature.gov}}</ref>
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| [[South Carolina]]
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|| [[Columbian mammoth]]
|| ''[[Mammuthus columbi]]''
|| [[File:Mammuthus_columbi.jpg|upright|center|thumb100px]]
|| 2014<ref>{{cite web | title = South Carolina Fossil | publisher = WLTX | url = http://www.wltx.com/story/news/local/2014/05/27/fossil-bill-opposition-state-sc-signed/9645971/| access-date =May 28, 2014}}</ref>
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|| ''[[Triceratops]]''
|| ''[[Triceratops horridus]]''
|| [[File:Triceratops2.png|upright|center|thumb100px]]
|| 1988<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.fossilera.com/pages/south-dakota-state-fossil-triceratops-horridus | title= South Dakota State Fossil - Triceratops Horridus ; In 1988, the South Dakota state legislature designated the dinosaur Triceratops horridus as their state fossil | access-date= August 31, 2024 | work= State Symbols, State Fossil | publisher= Fossilera}}</ref>
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| [[Tennessee]]
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|| [[Bivalve]]
|| ''[[Pterotrigonia thoracica]]''
|| [[File:Megatrigoniidae - Pterotrigonia caudata.JPG|thumb100px|center|upright]]
|| 1998<ref>{{Cite web|title=Tennesse State Fossil |url=https://www.statesymbolsusa.org/symbol-official-item/tennessee/state-dinosaur-fossil/pterotrigonia|access-date=August 31, 2024|website=statesymbolsusa.org|date= }}</ref>
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| [[Utah]]
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|| ''[[Allosaurus]]''
|| ''[[Allosaurus fragilis]]''
|| [[File:Allosaurus skull SDNHM.jpg|upright|center|thumb100px]]
|| 1988<ref>[http://pioneer.utah.gov/research/utah_symbols/fossil.html Utah State Fossil - Allosaurus] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100108021254/http://pioneer.utah.gov/research/utah_symbols/fossil.html |date=January 8, 2010 }} from pioneer.utah.gov "Pioneer - Utah's Online Library" page. Retrieved on September 8, 2008</ref>
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| rowspan="2" | [[Vermont]]
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|| [[Beluga (whale)|Beluga]] whale (redesignated as state marine fossil in 2014)
|| ''[[Delphinapterus leucas]]''
|| [[File:Belugawhale MMC.jpg|upright|center|thumb100px]]
|| 1993<ref>Vermont has both a state terrestrial fossil and a state marine fossil.</ref><ref name="vt">{{cite web|title=Vermont State Terrestrial Fossil|url=http://www.ereferencedesk.com/resources/state-fossil/vermont-terrestrial.html|website=E Reference Desk|access-date=March 17, 2018}}</ref>
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|| [[Woolly mammoth]]<br/>tooth and tusk<br/>(state terrestrial fossil)
|| ''[[Mammuthus primigenius]]''
|| [[File:Mammoth mg 2791.jpg|upright|center|thumb100px]]
|| 2014<ref name=vt/><ref name="bratt">{{cite web|title=Mammoth Tusk Discovered 1865|url=http://brattleborohistory.com/antiques-fossils/mammoth-tusk-discovered-nearby-western-avenue.html|website=Brattleboro History|access-date=March 17, 2018}}</ref>
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|| [[scallop]]
|| ''[[Chesapecten jeffersonius]]''
|| [[File:Chesapecten Jeffersonius Inside.jpg|upright|center|thumb100px]]
|| 1993
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|| [[Columbian mammoth]]
|| ''[[Mammuthus columbi]]''
|| [[File:ColumbianMammoth CollegeOfEasternUtah.jpg|upright|center|thumb100px]]
|| 1998<ref>http://leg.wa.gov/Symbols/ WA State Symbols</ref>
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|| [[Jefferson's ground sloth]]
|| ''[[Megalonyx jeffersonii]]''
|| [[File:MegatheriumSqueletteCuvier1812.jpg|upright|center|thumb100px]]
|| 2008<ref>http://www.herald-dispatch.com/homepage/x112312085 Manchins signs bills involving snakes, fossils, research into law</ref>
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|| [[Trilobite]]
|| ''[[Calymene celebra]]''
|| [[File:Calymene celebra Raymond, 1916.jpg|upright|center|thumb100px]]
|| 1985<ref>{{cite web|title=Wisconsin State Symbols |publisher=State of Wisconsin |url=http://www.wisconsin.gov/state/core/wisconsin_state_symbols.html |access-date=December 19, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100112222837/http://www.wisconsin.gov/state/core/wisconsin_state_symbols.html |archive-date=January 12, 2010}}</ref>
|-
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|| ''[[Knightia]]''
|| ''Knightia'' spp.
|| [[File:Knightia alta 01.jpg|upright|center|thumb100px]]
|| 1987
|}
== States lacking a state fossil ==
* [[Arkansas]]
▲* [[Hawaii]]
* [[Minnesota]]
▲** The [[Castoroides|giant beaver]] was proposed in 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Giant Beaver swamps competition to be Minnesota state fossil |url=https://www.mprnews.org/story/2021/10/13/giant-beaver-swamps-competition-to-be-minnesota-state-fossil |access-date=September 15, 2022 |website=MPR News |date=October 13, 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Iowa]]
▲** The [[crinoid]] was proposed in 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|date=January 23, 2018|title=Iowa to consider recognizing official state fossil|url=https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/iowa-to-consider-recognizing-official-state-fossil/|website=The Seattle Times}}</ref>
▲* [[New Jersey]]
* [[New Hampshire]]
▲** The [[Mastodon|American mastodon]] (''Mammut americanum'') was considered in 2015.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Carlson|first=Brady|date=January 6, 2015|title=Granite Geek: Will The Mastodon Become New Hampshire's Official State Fossil?|work=New Hampshire Public Radio|url=https://www.nhpr.org/post/granite-geek-will-mastodon-become-new-hampshires-official-state-fossil#stream/0}}</ref>
* [[Texas]]
▲** The [[List of U.S. state dinosaurs|state dinosaur]] of Texas is ''[[Sauroposeidon proteles]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.tsl.texas.gov/ref/abouttx/symbols.html |title=Texas State Symbols |publisher=[[Texas State Legislature]] |access-date=December 13, 2017}}</ref>
== See also ==