The states that make up the USA are no stranger to picking an animal and making it an emblem of the region. There are plenty of great animals to choose from – but why stick to living ones when you can pick a dinosaur too? The rest of this article is behind a paywall. Please sign in or subscribe to access the full content.

Not all of the states have an officially designated state dinosaur, but those that do have picked some pretty darn cool ones – here are some of our favorites.

Texas – Sauroposeidon proteles Sauroposeidon was a certified long boi. Image credit: Levi Martínez-Reza via Wikimedia Commons ( CC BY-SA 3.0 )

Most appropriately for the second-largest state, Texas has an absolute giant as its state dinosaur, and one that quite possibly has the most epic name on thi

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