Nearly two decades after its discovery, an animal that roamed ancient Idaho will be the Gem State’s official dinosaur thanks to the efforts of an Idaho State University professor from Blackfoot.

With Gov. Brad Little’s signature on March 31, Oryctodomeus was given the title of State Dinosaur. One of those championing Oryctodomeus was L.J. Krumenacker, adjunct professor of geosciences at ISU and affiliate curator at the Idaho Museum of Natural History.