List of U.S. state dinosaurs

Template:Short description 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".

List of dinosaurs for states and other regions in the US

State or Territory	Dinosaur	Image	Year
Arizona	Sonorasaurus thompsoni		2018<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Arkansas	Arkansaurus fridayi		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
California	Augustynolophus morrisi		2017<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Connecticut	Dilophosaurus sp.		2017-07-10<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Delaware	Dryptosaurus aquilunguis		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
District of Columbia	"Capitalsaurus"		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Idaho	Oryctodromeus cubicularis		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Massachusetts	Podokesaurus holyokensis		2021<ref name=":0">Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Maryland	Astrodon johnstoni		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Missouri	Parrosaurus missouriensis		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
New Jersey	Hadrosaurus foulkii		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Oklahoma	Acrocanthosaurus atokensis		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Texas	Sauroposeidon proteles (originally Paluxysaurus jonesi)	Error creating thumbnail:	2009 (replaced Pleurocoelus which was state dinosaur 1997–2009)<ref>Texas State Library and Archives Commission. Texas State Symbols. July 1, 2010. Accessed November 25, 2010</ref>
Utah	Utahraptor ostrommaysorum	File:Utahraptor Restoration.png	2018<ref>Template:Citation</ref>
Washington	"Suciasaurus rex"	File:Proximal femur of a large theropod dinosaur from Washington State.png	2023<ref>Template:Citation</ref>
Wyoming	Triceratops horridus	File:Triceratops horridus.png	citation	CitationClass=web }}</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.

State	Dinosaur	Image	Year	Result
Arizona	Dilophosaurus wetherilli	File:Dilophosaurus TD.png	1998<ref name="godzilla">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="StateDinosaur2">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Vetoed when it was revealed fossils were illegally taken from Navajo Nation<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Massachusetts	Anchisaurus polyzelus	File:Anchisaurus NT.jpg	2021<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>	Lost to Podokesaurus in a poll taken prior to bill<ref name=":0" />

See also

• List of U.S. state birds
• List of U.S. state fossils
• Lists of U.S. state insignia

External links

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