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2005 Washington Revised Code RCW 1.20.042: State fossil.

    The Columbian mammoth of North America, Mammuthus columbi, is hereby designated as the official fossil of the state of Washington.

    [1998 c 129 § 2.]

Notes:
         Legislative recognition -- 1998 c 129: "The legislature recognizes that the large, hairy prehistoric elephants of the extinct genus Mammuthus roamed the North American continent, including the Pacific Northwest, during the Pleistocene epoch (ice ages)." [1998 c 129 § 1.]

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