Panel approves replacing state fossil after scientific reclassification
Representative Rosecrans’ House Bill 2970, to replace a previously listed state fossil reclassified as a chimera with Sauroposeidon protellus, passed the tourism committee; members discussed scientific reclassification and tourism opportunities tied to the Sam Noble Museum.
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The tourism committee passed House Bill 2970, which would change the state fossil from the previously listed Saurophesianax maximus to Sauroposeidon protellus, after the sponsor described recent scientific reclassification and framed the change as a tourism opportunity.
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