Shawangunk is a fossil collection site in Ulster, New York, cataloged in the Paleobiology Database. The depositional environment is recorded as terrestrial indet. Documented finds include Mammut americanum.

Geologic setting

Geologic interval: Pleistocene
Age: 2.58–0.0117 Ma
Depositional environment: terrestrial indet.
Recorded occurrences: 1

Locality notes

Shawangunk, 10 mi. NE of Ward's Bridge

Fossils found here

Mammut americanum

Mammalia · Mammutidae

Records and references

Data: Paleobiology Database collection 222852 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record

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Questions about Shawangunk

Can you collect at Shawangunk?

It depends on who owns the land and whether a mining claim covers it. BLM land usually allows hand collecting for personal use, national parks allow none, and private land needs the owner’s permission. Pro members see the owner and any claims at this spot.

What minerals are found at Shawangunk?

Fossil.

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Meteorite nearbyA 12.6 kg stony meteorite fell at Peekskill in 1992, 28 miles from here.

Source: Paleobiology Database.