Selsey, East Beach Explained

Selsey, East Beach
Aos:West Sussex
Interest:Geological
Area:1.7ha
Notifydate:1988
Map: Magic Map

Selsey, East Beach is a 1.7abbr=offNaNabbr=off geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Selsey in West Sussex, United Kingdom.[1] [2] It is a Geological Conservation Review site.[3]

This site exposes a sequence of marine estuary and freshwater deposits dating to the warm Eemian interglacial. The site has fossils of fauna dating to the early Eemian around 130 thousand years ago, such as straight-tusked elephant, an extinct species of rhinoceros, Dicerorhinus hemitoechus, European pond tortoise, beaver and horse.[4]

References

50.726°N -0.783°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Designated Sites View: Selsey, East Beach . Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 2 April 2019.
  2. Web site: Map of Selsey, East Beach. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 2 April 2019.
  3. Web site: Selsey (Pleistocene Vertebrata) . Geological Conservation Review . Joint Nature Conservation Committee. 2 April 2019.
  4. Web site: Selsey, East Beach citation. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 2 April 2019.

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