Coquina Harbour is a fossil collection site in Horry, South Carolina, cataloged in the Paleobiology Database. The depositional environment is recorded as marine indet. Documented finds include Odobenus rosmarus.

Geologic setting

Geologic interval: Late Pleistocene
Age: 0.129–0.0117 Ma
Depositional environment: marine indet.
Recorded occurrences: 1

Locality notes

excavation for marina on Cedar Creek adjacent to U.S. Route 17, 1.2 miles (1.93km) northeasst of S.C. Route 9

Fossils found here

Odobenus rosmarus

Mammalia · Odobenidae

Records and references

Data: Paleobiology Database collection 79746 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record

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Questions about Coquina Harbour

Can you collect at Coquina Harbour?

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 Coquina Harbour?

Fossil.

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Source: Paleobiology Database.