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H.C.R. No. 16
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 1 WHEREAS, Texas has become world famous for its many dinosaur 2 discoveries; and' 3 WHEREAS, To honor the prehistoric reptiles that long ago 4 resided in the state, Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 57 of the 5 75th Texas Legislature named Brachiosaur Sauropod, Pleurocoelus, 6 as the official- Lone Star State Dinosaur; this designation was 7 based on evidence that supported the presence of the dinosaur 8 Pleurocoelus in Texas; and 9 WHEREAS, Subsequently, the fossilized bones that were 10 thought to be Pleurocoelus have been properly identified as a new 11 species named Paluxysaurus jonesi; the identification was made by 12 Peter Rose during his graduate studies at Southern Methodist 13 University, and his findings have been widely accepted by other 14 scientists since being published in 2007; and 15 WHEREAS, The dinosaur is named for the town of Paluxy in Hood 16 County and for the Paluxy River, both of which are near the Jones 17 Ranch site where the fossils of this species were discovered; and 18 WHEREAS, Paluxysaurus jonesi inhabited the earth 19 approximately 95 to 112 million years ago, and these sauropods left 20 behind a rich record of their existence; in addition to the bone 21 fossils, evidence of the species exists in dinosaur footprints that 22 have been found throughout the state; the most famous of these 23 trackways runs along the Paluxy River and its tributaries, not far 24 from the Jones Ranch site; many of these footprints can be viewed at
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June 19, 2009;
[Austin, Texas].
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