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Mont. Code Ann. § 1-1-509 (2026)

State Fossil

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TITLE 1. GENERAL LAWS AND DEFINITIONS

CHAPTER 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS

Part 5. State Symbols -- Official Designations

State Fossil

1-1-509. State fossil. The duck-billed dinosaur Maiasaura peeblesorum is the official Montana state fossil.

History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 37, L. 1985.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 2020–2020 · leading case: Murray v. BEJ Minerals, 2020 MT 131, 400 Mont. 135.
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Murray v. BEJ Minerals, 2020 MT 131, 400 Mont. 135. · cites it 2× “The only other reference to “fossil” under Montana law as it existed at the time of the Murray-BEJ conveyance occurs in § 1-1-509, MCA, which lists the “duck-billed dinosaur Maiasaura peeblesorum” as the official Montana state fossil.”
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