Arkansas senators vote in favor of dinosaur for state

February 17, 2017 at 4:30 a.m.

Artist Brian Engh rendered the Arkansaurus fridayi for ReBecca Hunt-Foster, the paleontologist trying to get the dinosaur officially recognized as a distinct type.
Artist Brian Engh rendered the Arkansaurus fridayi for ReBecca Hunt-Foster, the paleontologist trying to get the dinosaur officially recognized as a distinct type.

The Senate approved a resolution designating Arkansaurus fridayi as the state's official dinosaur.

Rep. Greg Leding, D-Fayetteville sponsored House Concurrent Resolution 1003. He has said that he was inspired by Mason Cypress Oury, a Fayetteville High School senior who read that the state had no official dinosaur and contacted his local lawmakers.

The Arkansaurus fridayi fossil was discovered by Arkansan Joe Friday in 1972 while searching for a lost cow.

-- Michael R. Wickline

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