State Fossils

Alaska

Mammuthus primigenius (woolly mammoth) (Figure 3.20)

California

Smilodon fatalis (saber-toothed cat) (Figure 3.34)

Hawai’i

Hawai’i has no state fossil.

Nevada

Shonisaurus popularis (Triassic ichthyosaur) (Figure 3.7)

Oregon

Metasequoia glyptostroboides (dawn redwood) (Figure 3.17)

Washington

Mammuthus columbi (Columian mammoth) (Figure 3.30)