Quinby is a fossil collection site in Florence, South Carolina, cataloged in the Paleobiology Database. Fossils here come from the Bladen Formation, dated to the Middle Campanian (83.6–72.2 million years ago). The depositional environment is recorded as terrestrial indet. Documented finds include Pantrionychidae, Euclastes wielandi, Plesiosauria, Crocodylia, Borealosuchus, Gavialoidea.

Geologic setting

Formation: Bladen
Geologic interval: Middle Campanian
Age: 83.6–72.2 Ma
Depositional environment: terrestrial indet.
Recorded occurrences: 9

Locality notes

small tributary of Black Creek, ca. 0.1 mi. (0.16 km) E of County Road 1510 (Sand Pit Road), 1.3 mi. N of County Road 358, just E of Quinby, 1 mi. N of Florence

Fossils found here

Pantrionychidae

Reptilia · Pantrionychidae

Euclastes wielandi

Reptilia · Euclastidae

Plesiosauria

Reptilia

Crocodylia

Reptilia

Borealosuchus

Reptilia · NO_FAMILY_SPECIFIED

Gavialoidea

Reptilia

Eusuchia

Reptilia

Theropoda

Reptilia

Records and references

Data: Paleobiology Database collection 201600 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record

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Can you collect at Quinby?

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 Quinby?

Fossil.

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Source: Paleobiology Database.