Hi all,

The answers to the "State Fossils" trivia challenge are below!

New York - eurypterid, Eurypterus remipes, Silurian

Ohio - trilobite, Isotelus sp., Ordovician

Pennsylvania - trilobite, Phacops rana, Devonian

Wisconsin - trilobite, Calymene celebra, Silurian

A full list of Official State Fossils is found at
http://www.intersurf.com/~chalcedony/statefossil.html

Best Regards,
Cary R. Easterday
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences
University of Illinois at Chicago

--- In FossilBugz@yahoogroups.com, "Cary" <ceastk@y...> wrote:
> Oregon recently announced its official state fossil--the dawn redwood
> or Metasequoia (see article below from theworldlink.com). Four states
> have arthropods as their state fossils. Can you name the states and
> the fossils? I'll provide the answers later in June.
>
> Best Regards,
> Cary R. Easterday
> http://www2.uic.edu/~ceaste2/index.html
>
> Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences
> University of Illinois at Chicago
> ceaste2@u...
>
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> Oregon adopts state fossil
>
> SALEM (AP) - Oregon has an official flower, bird, rock and gemstone,
> but MacKenzie Smith, 11, noticed it was missing something: a state
fossil.
>
> Smith lobbied state lawmakers and testified earlier this session on a
> bill to make the Metasequoia the state fossil, and Wednesday the
> fifth-grade student saw his hard work pay off.
>
> Fossils of the metasequoia - an ancient redwood that died off in
> Oregon five million years ago and has since been reintroduced - is one
> of the most abundant fossils in the state, according to the bill.
>
> Wearing a double-breasted suit, the Tigard student sat next to Gov.
> Ted Kulongoski on the desk in the governor's ceremonial office and
> smiled as he watched the governor sign the bill into law.
>
> He was joined by his class from Templeton Elementary School, who sat
> on the floor and answered trivia questions from lawmakers.
>
> "Who likes fossils? And I'm not talking about me," Kulongoski said to
> the class.
>
> Kulongoski asked them if they liked to go fishing, then the group
> exchanged favorite fishing spots.
>
> After signing the bill, Kulongoski gave Smith a copy and gave him a
> tour of his private office.