The prehistoric marine reptile known as the Ichthyosaur (genus Shonisaurus), now extinct, is hereby designated as the official state fossil of the State of Nevada.
NRS 235.080
State fossil
(Added to NRS by 1977, 272; A 1989, 1038)
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