Utahraptor bill sails through House committee

SALT LAKE CITY — A bill to designate the Utahraptor as the state dinosaur sailed through a House committee Thursday.Sen. Curt Bramble, R-Provo, sponsor of SB43, told the committee that the Allosaurus was chosen as the state fossil because it was found in Utah.When "Jurassic Park" hit theaters in 1993, it depicted raptors that were easily 7 feet tall, Bramble said. But the only raptor fossils known at the time were the size of large turkeys. Then, the Utahraptor was found three months later