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Dinosaurs in the United States

The United States was once filled with dinosaurs, with 33 out of 50 states boasting dinosaur fossils. Find out where dinosaurs have been found in the United States.

Apatosaurus is a type of dinosaur found in the United States
State
Dinosaur Taxon
Alabama
Alabama Tyrannosaur, Nodosaur, Hadrosaurus
Alaska
Albertosaurus, Ankylosaur, Edmontosaurus, Hadrosaurus, Pachycephalosaurus, Pachyrhinosaurus, Saurornitholestes, Thalattosaur, Thescelosaurus, Troödon
Ariizona
Ammosaurus, Anchisaurus, Anomoepus, Chindesaurus, Coelophysis, Dilophosaurus, Eubrontes, Massospondylus, Navahopus, Revueltosaurus, Rioarribasaurus, Sarahsaurus, Scutellosaurus, Segisaurus, Sonorasaurus, Syntarsus Dilophosaurus
Arkansas
Arkansaurus fridayi
California
 Augustynolophus, Phalacrocorax
Colorado
Allosaurus, Amphicoelias, Apatosaurus, Brachiosaurus, Camarasaurus, Camptosaurus, Cathetosaurus, Ceratosaurus, Cionodon, Denversaurus, Diplodocus, Dryosaurus, Dystylosaurus, Edmontosaurus, Epanterias, Hadrosaurusus, Haplocanthosaurus, Hesperisaurus, Marshosaurus, Nanosaurus, Nodosaurus, Ornithomimus, Othnielia, Polyonax, Stegosaurus, Supersaurus, Torvosaurus, Triceratops, Tyrannosaurus rex and Ultrasauros 
Connecticut
Ammosaurus, Anchisaurus, Anchisauripus, Anomoepus, Eubrontes, Gigandipus, Sauropus, Yaleosaurus
Delaware
Ornithomimus
Florida
None
Georgia
Deinosuchus
Hawaii
None
Idaho
Tenontosaurus
Illinois
None
Indiana
None
Iowa
None
Kansas
Silvisaurus condrayi
Kentucky
None
Louisiana
None
Maine
None
Maryland
Astrodon, Ornithomimus, Pleurocoelus, Priconodon
Massachusetts
Anchisaurus, Podokesaurus, Theropod
Michigan
None
Minnesota
Hadrosaurusus
Mississippi
Ceratopsian
Missouri
Albertosaurus , Hadrosaurusus Parrosaurus
Montana
Albertosaurus, Aliwalia, Anatotitan, Ankylosaurus, Apatosaurus, Avaceratops, Bambiraptor,Brachylophosaurus, Brachyceratops, Ceratops, Claosaurus, Deinodon, Deinonychus, Diclonius, Diplodocus, Dromaeosaurus, Dysganus, Edmontonia, Edmontosaurus, Einiosaurus, Eucentrosaurus, Hadrosaurusus, Hypacrosaurus, Lambeosaurus, Maiasaura peeblesorum , Microvenator, Monoclonius, Montanoceratops, Nanotyrannus, Ornithomimus, Orodromeus, Pachycephalosaurus, Palaeoscincus, Panoplosaurus, Parksosaurus, Pleurocoelus, Sauropelta, Stegoceras, Stygimoloch, Suuwassea, Tenontosaurus, Thescelosaurus, Torosaurus, Trachodon, Triceratops, Troödon, Tyrannosaurus, Ugrosaurus, Zapsailis, Zephyrosaurus
Nebraska
None
Nevada
Allosaurs, Ankylosaurs, Hadrosaurususs, Hypsilophodonts, Iguanodons, Raptors, Titanosaur sauropods, Tyrannosauroids
New Hampshire
None
New Jersey
Coelurosaurus, Diplotomodon, Dryptosaurus, Hadrosaurusus foulkii, Nodosaurus, Ornithotarsus
New Mexico
Acrocanthosaurus, Alamosaurus, Brontopodus, Camptosaurus, Chasmosaurus, Coelophysis, Deinonychus, Edmontosaurus, Hypsilophodon, Iguanodon, Kritosaurus, Mosasaur, Ornithomimus, Panoplosaurus, Pawpawsaurus, Plesiosaur, Pleurocoelus, Protohadros byrdi, Shuvosaurus, Stegoceras, Technosaurus, Tenontosaurus, Texascetes, Torosaurus, Tyrannosaurus rex
New York
Coelophysis (tracks)
North Carolina
Hypsibema, Lophorhothon, Zatomus
North Dakota
Edmontonia, Edmontosaurus, pachycephalosaurs, Triceratops, Tyrannosaurus
Ohio
None
Oklahoma
Acrocanthosaurus, Apatosaurus, Epanterias, Pleurocoelus, Sauroposeidon and Tenontosaurus
Oregon
Hadrosaurusus
Pennsylvania
Atreipus, Ceratopsian, Grallators, Tyrannosaurs, (tracks)
Rhode Island
None
South Carolina
Dromaeosaurid, Hadrosaurusus, Theropod
South Dakota
Anatotitan, Camptosaurus, Denversaurus, Edmontosaurus, Hoplitosaurus, Iguanodon, Nanotyrannus, Pachycephalosaurus, Thescelosaurus, Thespesius, Torosaurus, Triceratops prorsus, Tyrannosaurus
Tennessee
None
Texas
Acrocanthosaurus, Alamosaurus, Brontopodus, Camptosaurus, Chasmosaurus, Coelophysis, Deinonychus, Edmontosaurus, Hypsilophodon, Iguanodon, Kritosaurus, Mosasaur, Ornithomimus, Panoplosaurus, Pawpawsaurus, Plesiosaur, Pleurocoelus, Protohadros byrdi, Shuvosaurus, Stegoceras, Technosaurus, Tenontosaurus, Texascetes, Torosaurus, Tyrannosaurus rex
Utah
Alamosaurus, Allosaurus, Amblydactylus, Apatosaurus, Barosaurus, Camarasaurus, Camptosaurus, Cedarosaurus, Coelophysis, Diplodocus, Dryosaurus, Dystrophaeus, Iguanodon, Iliosuchus, Marshosaurus, Nanosaurus, Nedcolbertia, Ornitholestes, Ornithomimus, Othnielia, Parasaurolophus, Planicoxa, Rioarribasaurus, Stegosaurus, Stokesosaurus, Tenontosaurus, Torosaurus, Utahraptor and Venenosaurus
Vermont
None
Virginia
Tanytrachelos
Washington
Theropod
West Virginia
None
Wisconsin
None
Wyoming
Allosaurus, Ankylosaurus, Camarasaurus, Camptosaurus, Claosaurus, Coelurus, Deinonychus, Diceratops, Diplodocus, Drinker, Dryosaurus, Dyslocosaurus, Edmontosaurus, Gargoyleosaurus, Hesperisaurus, Laosaurus, Leptoceratops, Morosaurus, Nodosaurus, Ornitholestes, Ornithomimus, Othnielia, Pachycephalosaurus, Ricardoestesia, Sauropelta, Stegoceras, Stegopelta, Stegosaurus, Tenontosaurus, Thescelosaurus, Torosaurus, Triceratops horridus, Troödon, Tyrannosaurus
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Roaring Trex is one of the dinosaurs found in the United States

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