Utahraptor claws closer to becoming state dinosaur

(Steve Griffin | The Salt Lake Tribune) Kenyon Roberts, 10, from Draper, holds a photograph of a Utahraptor on display at BYU, during testimony in front of the Senate Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee at the State Capitol in Salt Lake City Friday February 2, 2018. S.B. 43 the State Dinosaur Amendment is looking to make the State dinosaur the Utahraptor.A 10-year-old cleared the political path Friday for the 123-million-year-old Utahraptor to claw its way closer to becoming the official state dinosaur.

In rapid-fire-fashion testimony, young Kenyon Roberts rattled off reason after reason to pass SB43 to make that new designation — persuading the Senate Economic Development…