St James' Pit Explained

St James' Pit
Aos:	Norfolk
Interest:	Geological
Coordinates:	52.6356°N 1.3104°W
Area:	3.5ha
Notifydate:	1995
Enref:	2000158

St James' Pit is a 3.5abbr=offNaNabbr=off geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Norwich in Norfolk.^{[1] [2]} It is a Geological Conservation Review site^[3] within Mousehold Heath, which is a Local Nature Reserve.^[4]

This site has been designated because of its jaw and vertebra fossils of Liodon and Mosasaurus, which were two genera of mosasaurs, large marine reptiles dating to the Upper Cretaceous (Campanian-Maastrichtian).^[5]

External links

• Magic (UK Government website providing geographical information about Great Britain), centred on St James' Pit

Notes and References

1. Web site: Designated Sites View: St James' Pit . Sites of Special Scientific Interest . Natural England . 16 June 2018.
2. Web site: Map of St James' Pit . Sites of Special Scientific Interest . Natural England . 16 June 2018.
3. Web site: St James's Pit, Norwich (Jurassic – Cretaceous Reptilia) . Geological Conservation Review . Joint Nature Conservation Committee . 25 May 2018.
4. Web site: Designated Sites View: Mousehold Heath . Local Nature Reserves . Natural England . 5 June 2018.
5. Web site: St James' Pit citation . Sites of Special Scientific Interest . Natural England . 16 June 2018.