Friday, April 07, 2006

Lone Star Facts on Fridays: Texas Dinosaurs

The state dinosaur of Texas is (was?) the Pleurocoelus.

The following dinosaur (and near-dinosaur) fossils have been found in Texas:

Acrocanthosaurus, Alamosaurus, Brontopodus, Camptosaurus, Chasmosaurus, Coelophysis, Deinonychus, Dimetrodon, Edmontosaurus, Hypsilophodon, Iguanodon, Kritosaurus, Megatherium, Ornithomimus, Panoplosaurus, Pawpawsaurus, Pleurocoelus, Protohadros byrdi, Quetzalcoatlus, Shuvosaurus, Stegoceras, Technosaurus, Tenontosaurus, Texascetes, Torosaurus, and Tyrannosaurus rex .

Comment: There's a really cool fossil park near Glen Rose, which is unfortunately in close proximity to a nuclear power plant.


1 comment:

Saints and Spinners said...

I remember the Alamosaurus!

Sorry, I couldn't resist.