In 1838, John Estaugh Hopkins was digging and found some interesting bones, which he displayed in his home. In 1858, William Parker Foulke saw the bones. He was interested and dug up the rest of the skeleton. That was the discovery of Hadrosaurus.
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New Jersey's state fossil is a Hadrosaurus foulkii.
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No, there is not a living dinosaur in new Jersey
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The fossils of a dinosaur called Hadrosaurus was found in New Jersey. Hadrosaurus is the state dinosaur of New Jersey.
Stegosaurus became the state dinosaur of Colorado in 1982. Stegosaurus probably was chosen as the state dinosaur because it was discovered in Colorado, and it's an extremely famous type of dinosaur.
No the state of Ohio does not have a dinosaur.
Arizona has not decided on a state dinosaur.
Kansas has no state fossil or state dinosaur. However, birds are a type of dinosaur, and Kansas's state bird is the Western Meadowlark.
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Montana's state dinosaur is Maisaura peeblesorum. It was found in the Two Medicine Formation near Choteau, in western Montana. It was discovered by Laurie Trexler.