Suedberg Fossil Site

Suedberg Fossil Site
Interactive map of Suedberg Fossil Site
TypeMiddle- Devonian (~375 Mya)
Location(N 40° 31.325 W 076° 28.731) Swatara State Park, Pennsylvania
Part ofMahantango Formation

The Suedberg Fossil Site is a Mid-Devonian (~375 mya) fossil pit that belongs to the upper Mahantango Formation. It is located in a small clearing in Swatara State Park.

The site contains various different species of marine organisms that lived in this region approximately 375 million years ago, during the Mid-Devonian period, when this site region would have been a largely a shallow, sunlit seafloor, that was home to small, marine species.[1] Fossils found here include those of Eurypterid, various different species of Mollusks, and Trilobites.

The geology of the site consists mainly of olive-gray siltstones and claystones, like most of the upper Mahantango Formation.

References

  1. ↑ "Suedberg Fossil Site - Swarata State Park, PA - Rock-Hounding on Waymarking.com". www.waymarking.com. Retrieved 2025-10-15.
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