Connecticut

**Connecticut State Fossil**
By: Adrianna Goral 4th period

Connecticut State Fossil : Eubrontes Giganteus

Connecticut’s State Fossil is the Eubrontes Giganteus. It became the state fossil in 1991. It was imprinted 200 million years ago during the Jurassic period. The sandstone in The Connecticut Valley is the world’s foremost dinosaur track location, therefore this is why it’s the State Fossil. Because no skeletal remains were found the shape, size, and stride of the Eubrontes indicate that the animal was closely related to the Western genus Dilophosarus, which was approx. (Length - 20 feet (6 m) long. Height - 5 feet (1.5 m) tall at the hips. Weight - 650 to 1,000 pounds (300 kg to 450 kg). “Two thousand Eubrontes tracks were discovered on a single layer of rock in Rocky Hill in 1966 and subsequently Dinosaur State Park was created for their preservation and interpretation.”
 * Person who found this fossil was not identified.

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Sources: The State Fossil (2009). The State Fossil Eubrontes giganteus 1755-1776. Retrieved Form: http://www.ct.gov/ctportal/cwp/view.asp?a=885&q=246498

Connecticut State fossil (NA) Retrieved From : http://www.statesymbolsusa.org/Connecticut/CT-Fossil-eubrontes.html