23. Colorado Is The Stegosaurus State
Dinosaurs may have been found on all continents, but one state has a special connection with a particular dino, and it’s Colorado. Colorado received the nickname “The Stegosaurus State” in 1982 because the first stegosaurus fossil was found near Morrison, Colorado in 1876. The stegosaurus lived during the mid-Jurassic through the late cretaceous period, and its name means “covered lizard”, depicted by the large spines on its back.