The Texas state dinosaur is PALUXYSAURUS
jonesi.
This dinosaur was big. It was 30 to 60 feet long and
weighed 25 to 45 tons!
If you guessed PLEUROCOELUS, that was our
state dinosaur from 1997 to 2009
If you guessed PALUXYSAURUS, that was our
state dinosaur from 2009 to 2012
If you guessed SAUROPOSEIDON, that is the
current name of our State Dinosaur
All of the names above are actually the same dinosuar, just
the name has changed
See the
April 2023 POGMC newsletter for the story of why the
name has changed
