Massachusetts

**// Eubrontes giganteus (Theropod) Footprints- the State Fossil //** The dinosaur, as a Theropod, is carnivorus and a terrestrial species. The structure of the organism's feet were of three toes. It is a type AC 45/8, 45/1, a foot print fossil.
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The time in which the existed was during the Jurassic and the Triassic periods within the Mesozoic era. The landscape of the period was one of blossoming flowers and trees in the temporate climate.

The fossil was preserved as a trace fossil. E. Hitchcock found the fossil. It is being preserved by the Dinosaur Footprint Reservation in Massachusetts. This is the state fossil, because it helped prove that dinosaurs were probably gregarious and traveled together.

Olsen, P. E., Smith, J. B., & McDonald, N. G., 1998., Type Material of the Type Species of the Classic Theropod Footprint Genera Eubrontes, Anchisauripus, and Grallator (Early Jurassic, Hartford and Deerfield Basins, Connecticut and Massachusetts, U.S.A.)., //Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology.// 18(3). P. 590.

Olsen., 1998., //Eubrontes// picture. []

Butts, S., Brinkman, D., Klise, L., Springer, D., & Scotchmoor, J., Oct. 29, 2003., Connecticut, US- Paleontology and Geology. //The Paleontology Portal//. []

Enchanted Learning.com. 2001. Dinosaur Footprints. //Enchanted Learning//. []

E. Hitchcock. 1836. Ornithichnology - description of the foot marks of birds, (Ornithichnites) on new Red Sandstone in Massachusetts. The American Journal of Science and Arts 29(2):307-340

The Field Museum. 2007. Tour Through Time: Mesozoic era. //Evolving Planet.// []

e-Reference Desk. 1980. Massachusetts State Fossil. //E-Reference Desk.// []