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| State | Fossil | Adopted as | Year | ||
| Alabama | Basilosaurus cetoides (Whale) | Official State of Alabama fossil | 1984 | ||
| Alaska | Woolly Mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius) | Official state fossil | 1986 | ||
| Arizona | Petrified Wood (Araucarioxylon arizonicum) | Official state fossil | 1988 | ||
| Arkansas | |||||
| California | Sabre-toothed Cat (Smilodon californicus) | Official State Fossil | 1973 | ||
| Colorado | Stegasaurus (Plated dinosaur) | Official state fossil | 1982 | ||
| Connecticut | Dinosaur footprints of Eubrontes giganteus | State fossil | 1991 | ||
| Delaware | Belemnite (Belemnitella americana) | Official State fossil | 1996 | ||
| Florida | Agatized Coral | State stone | 1979 | ||
| Georgia | Shark Tooth | Official Georgia State fossil | 1978 | ||
| Hawaii | |||||
| Idaho | Hagerman Horse Fossil (Equus simplicidens) | State fossil | 1988 | ||
| Illinois | The Tully Monster (Tullimonstrum gregarium) | Official State fossil | 1989 | ||
| Indiana | |||||
| Iowa | |||||
| Kansas | |||||
| Kentucky | Brachiopod | State fossil | 1986 | ||
| Louisiana | Petrified Palmwood | Official State fossil | 1976 | ||
| Maine | Pertica quadrifaria | Official fossil | 1985 | ||
| Maryland | Ecphora gardnerae gardnerae (Snail) | State fossil shell | 1994 | ||
| Maryland | Astrodon johnstoni (Sauropod dinosaur) | State dinosaur | 1998 | ||
| Massachusetts | Dinosaur Track | Fossil of fossil emblem | 1980 | ||
| Michigan | Petoskey Stone | Official stone | 1965 | ||
| Michigan | Mastodon (Mammut americanum) | Official fossil | 2002 | ||
| Minnesota | |||||
| Mississippi | Petrified Wood | Official stone | 1976 | ||
| Mississippi | Prehistoric Whales (Basilosaurus cetoides & Zygorhiza) | Official fossil | 1981 | ||
| Missouri | Fossilized remains of Crinoidea (Delocrinus missouriensis) | Official State fossil | 1989 | ||
| Montana | Duck-billed Dinosaur (Maiasaura peeblesorum) | Official Montatna State fossil | 1985 | ||
| Nebraska | Mammoth | Official State fossil | 1967 | ||
| Nevada | Ichthyosaur (Shonisaurus popularis) | Official State fossil | 1977 | ||
| New Hampshire | |||||
| New Jersey | Hadrosaurus foulkii (Duck-billed Dinosaur) | State dinosaur | 1991 | ||
| New Mexico | Coelophysis Dinosaur (Coelophysis bauri) | Official fossil | 1981 | ||
| New York | Sea Scorpion (Eurypterus remipes) | Official fossil | 1984 | ||
| North Carolina | |||||
| North Dakota | Teredo Petrified Wood (Shipworm-bored petrified wood) | Official fossil | 1967 | ||
| Ohio | Trilobite (Isotelus) | Official invertebrate Fossil | 1985 | ||
| Oklahoma | Saurophaganax maximus (Theropod dinosaur) | State fossil | 2000 | ||
| Oregon | Metasequoia | Official fossil | 2005 | ||
| Pennsylvania | Phacops rana (Trilobite) | Official State fossil | 1988 | ||
| Rhode Island | |||||
| South Carolina | |||||
| South Dakota | Triceratops (Horned dinosaur) | Official fossil | 1988 | ||
| Tennessee | Pterotrigonia thoracica (Bivalve mollusc) | Official fossil | 1998 | ||
| Texas | Pleurocoelus (Sauropod dinosaur) | Official Lone Star State dinosaur | 1997 | ||
| Texas | Petrified Palm Wood (Genus Palmoxylon) | Official State stone | 1969 | ||
| Utah | Allosaurus (Theropod dinosaur) | State fossil | 1988 | ||
| Vermont | White Whale (Delphinapterus leucas) | State fossil | 1993 | ||
| Virginia | Chesapecten jeffersonius (Bivalve scallop) | Official fossil | 1993 | ||
| Washington | Columbian Mammoth (Mammuthus columbi) | Official fossil | 1998 | ||
| Washington | Petrified Wood | Official gem | 1975 | ||
| West Virginia | Chalcedony | State gem | 1990 | ||
| West Virginia | Megalonyx Jeffersonnii | State fossil | 2008 | ||
| Wisconsin | Trilobite (Calymene celebra) | State fossil | 1986 | ||
| Wyoming | Knightia (Fish) | State fossil | 1987 | ||
| Wyoming | Triceratops (Horned dinosaur) | State dinosaur | 1994 | ||
For more information about state fossils, you might consider purchasing Stephen Brusatte's highly
informative book, Stately Fossils: A Comprehensive Look at the State Fossils and Other Official Fossils . | |||||
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