Texas

__**Name of the State:**__ Texas __**State Fossil:**__ //Pleurocoelus// __**Time Existed:**__ Middle Cretaceous about 110 million years ago __** APA **__: 1. Strauss, Bob. "Pleurocoelus - Dinosaur Pleurocoelus Characteristics, Behavior and Habitat." //Dinosaurs at About.com//. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 Mar. 2012. . 2. "National Fossil Day - Other Fossil Parks." //nature.nps.gov » Explore Nature//. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 Mar. 2012. . 3.
 * __Description of the Organism:__** This organism was a herbivore. It weighed about 30 tons and was about 50(ft) long
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 * __Preservation:__** Texas underwent cycles of plate movement, volcanic activity and flooding over its 600 million years of existence which covered the bones
 * __Who Found the Fossil:__** Unknown
 * __Why is it State Fossil:__** They picked it because the name means "hallow sided"