List of Minnesota state symbols

| [[File:Cypripedium reginae MLA.jpg|150px| The [[Cypripedium reginae|pink-and-white lady's slipper]], Minnesota's state flower.]]

| [[File:Cypripedium reginae MLA.jpg|150px| The [[Cypripedium reginae|pink-and-white lady's slipper]], Minnesota's state flower.]]

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|[[Fossil]]

| [[List of U.S. state fossils|Fossil]]

|[[Castoroides|Giant beaver]]<br/>(''Castoroides ohioensis'')

|[[Castoroides|Giant beaver]]<br/>(''Castoroides ohioensis'')

| The giant beaver lived in the area that is now Minnesota 12,000–10,000 years before present. The designation of a state fossil was championed by the [[Science Museum of Minnesota]] and paleontologist Alex Hastings.<ref name="july2025" /><ref name="large beaver">{{cite news |last1=Ferguson |first1=Dana |title=Behold the beaver! Drive is on to make prehistoric giant Minnesota’s official fossil |url=https://www.mprnews.org/story/2025/02/28/leave-it-to-beaver-minnesota-contemplates-official-fossil |access-date=July 1, 2025 |work=MPR News |date=February 28, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250509132646/https://www.mprnews.org/story/2025/02/28/leave-it-to-beaver-minnesota-contemplates-official-fossil |archive-date=May 9, 2025}}</ref>

| The giant beaver lived in the area that is now Minnesota 12,000–10,000 years before present. The designation of a state fossil was championed by the [[Science Museum of Minnesota]] and paleontologist Alex Hastings.<ref name="july2025" /><ref name="large beaver">{{cite news |last1=Ferguson |first1=Dana |title=Behold the beaver! Drive is on to make prehistoric giant Minnesota’s official fossil |url=https://www.mprnews.org/story/2025/02/28/leave-it-to-beaver-minnesota-contemplates-official-fossil |access-date=July 1, 2025 |work=MPR News |date=February 28, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250509132646/https://www.mprnews.org/story/2025/02/28/leave-it-to-beaver-minnesota-contemplates-official-fossil |archive-date=May 9, 2025}}</ref>