Shay Canyon tracksite is a fossil collection site in San Juan, Utah, cataloged in the Paleobiology Database. Fossils here come from the Rock Point Formation, dated to the Norian to Rhaetian (227.3–201.4 million years ago). The depositional environment is recorded as fluvial indet. Documented finds include Brachychirotherium thuringiacum, Eubrontes sillimani, Pentasauropus, Phytosauria.

Geologic setting

Formation: Rock Point
Geologic interval: Norian to Rhaetian
Age: 227.3–201.4 Ma
Depositional environment: fluvial indet.
Altitude: 1802 meters
Recorded occurrences: 4

Locality notes

Shay Canyon, E of Canyonlands National Park and NW of Monticello, ca. 65 mi. S of Moab

Fossils found here

Brachychirotherium thuringiacum

Reptilia · Chirotheriidae

Eubrontes sillimani

Reptilia · Grallatoridae

Pentasauropus

Osteichthyes · NO_FAMILY_SPECIFIED

Phytosauria

Reptilia

Records and references

Data: Paleobiology Database collection 83555 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record

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Questions about Shay Canyon tracksite

Can you collect at Shay Canyon tracksite?

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 Shay Canyon tracksite?

Fossil.

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Meteorite nearbyA 1.5 kg stony meteorite was found at Canyonlands in 1961, 22 miles from here.

Source: Paleobiology Database.