California’s transportation bill was large and late enough, but lawmakers are grappling with another truly imposing matter left undone for epochs: designating a state dinosaur.

Duck-billed Augustynolophus morrisi has ample dimensions (at 26 feet or more) and, as last week’s unanimous Assembly vote showed, political appeal. Dug up exclusively in Fresno County, the dinosaur neatly avoids the state’s north-south divide and boasts formidable California roots, reminding us that we’re all immigrants to someone. Its diet of leaves and twigs was also California-correct, totally vegan and paleo.

True, a bill analysis says, it’s not as well known as celebrity dinosaurs like Tyrannosaurus. But being a creature of the late Cretaceous, it did hang out with them (at a safe distance).

Now that A. morrisi has half the Legislature and a Twitter presence, it needs a catchy handle — or at least a pronounceable one. Time Out Los Angeles has suggested “Morrissey,” after another aging, larger-than-life vegetarian with an avid California following.

Naming a state dinosaur won’t strike everyone as pressing; only seven states have one. On the other hand, California already has a state bug, grass, ghost town, lichen and dirt (the California dogface butterfly, purple needlegrass, Calico, lace lichen and San Joaquin soil, respectively). Lawmakers have recognized 33 such state symbols, betraying a weakness for crowd-pleasing proclamations that has afflicted politicians since what seems like the Mesozoic.