16. January 2009 | Show Originial
Did you know that Texas has a state dinosaur? Yeah, apparently just like we have a state bird or flower ( Mockingbird and Bluebonnet) there are such things as a state dinosaur. (In fact it's surprising that there is such thing as a state fabric or official state vegetable.) Not all states have a dinosaur but after some recent research Texas has filed to change the name of their dino:
State Rep. Charles Geren of Fort Worth filed a resolution to change the state dinosaur from Pleurocoelus to Paluxysaurus jonesi to correctly name the massive sauropod whose tracks and bones litter the Jones Ranch, which is in central Texas near Glen Rose. Geren filed his resolution on behalf of constituents at the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History.
"I think it's going to be good for Texas paleontology and dinosaur research in eneral," said Aaron Pan, the museum's curator of science. "This dinosaur is unique to Texas, and it is the most abundant dinosaur fossil found in the Glen Rose area."
Louisiana, you don't have a dinosaur but you still have your state bird: Eastern Brown Pelican and Magnolia for your official state flower. Just something to file under interesting and/or random information.
Happy Friday!
- Rosie Reilman, Photo by The Jamoker