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List of U.S. state fossils

California - Saber-Toothed Tiger - Smilodon californicus
Maine - Pertica quadrifaria
Montana - Maiasaura peeblesorum
New Jersey - Hadrosauras foulki

Rather than delete this partial list, I moved it here for discussion. The External link covers this list completely. Why don't we employ our energies in improving the Wikipedia entries for state fossils first? When we have entries for all the state fossils, then we might create a list of them. Wetman 15:14, 15 May 2004 (UTC)[reply]

Removed "a precursor to the earliest fishes". Eurypterids are not vertebrates. Dlloyd 08:02, 15 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Jaw drops

You don't find it even a tiny tiny bit odd that US States seem to think it a good idea to have a State Fossil? What about a State Bacterium? A State constellation? Humans are such odd things. --Tagishsimon

NPOV! NPOV! Perfect deadpan is the rule at Wikipedia. Much funnier that way too... Wetman 01:13, 20 Aug 2004 (UTC)


Formatting

User:Cburnett gives good format! --Wetman 12:06, 6 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Merge with List of U.S. state dinosaurs

I propose this merger because the overlap is obvious, and the other list is pretty sparse. There's no big deal if there are double listings because that can be simply handled as they have been at other lists of state emblems. I also think that this page needs to be moved to *List of U.S. state fossils* to match up with the other U.S. state emblem lists. —Elipongo (Talk|contribs) 23:51, 18 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Strong yes to the rename, mild no to the merge. I think the two articles already do a good job of referring back and forth to each other, and they really are two distinct (if closely related) things. Having two separate pages helps dispel the confusion between the two, plus "list of U.S. state fossils" would be slightly inaccurate and a "list of U.S. state fossils and dinosaurs" is a bit unwieldy. Though there's really no reason to list every state on the dinosaur page; going back to just the states with state dinosaurs would be an improvement. | Pat 22:15, 12 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I second all Pat's recommendations. Grika Ⓣ 22:34, 12 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I tried to move the article to *List of U.S. state fossils* but was unable to because that redirect has a history (someone had nominated it for speedy deletion and that nomination failed). I've posted the requested move up at Requested moves and am adding the poll below per that page's procedure. —Elipongo (Talk|contribs) 22:14, 4 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move

State fossil → List of U.S. state fossils — To conform with other lists of state emblems —Elipongo (Talk|contribs) 22:14, 4 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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