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The shore where the fossil was found on the southwest tip of Sucia Island State Park.

A silhouette of a theropod dinosaur. The first dinosaur fossil from Washington state is a partial left femur of a theropod, the group of two-legged, carnivorous dinosaurs that includes Velociraptor and Tyrannosaurus rex.

The first dinosaur fossil described from Washington State (left) is a portion of a femur leg bone (full illustration right) from a theropod dinosaur. Theropods are a group of meat-eating, two-legged dinosaurs, including T. rex and Velociraptor. The fossil was discovered by Burke Museum paleontologists at Sucia Island State Park in the San Juan Island. Illustration courtesy of PLOS ONE, modified by the Burke Museum

Why it took so long to find a dinosaur fossil in Washington state