Southerham Works Pit is a geological
Site of Special Scientific Interest
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in
Lewes
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in
East Sussex
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.
It is a
Geological Conservation Review
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site.
This site exposes layers of the
Chalk Group dating to the
Upper Cretaceous between 90 and 87 million years ago. It is a key site for understanding the
lithostratigraphy of the period and the environments of its chalk sea as well as the evolution and
taxonomy
image:Hierarchical clustering diagram.png, 280px, Generalized scheme of taxonomy
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of Upper Cretaceous fish.
There is access to the southern end of the site from Southerham Lane.
References
{{SSSIs East Sussex
Sites of Special Scientific Interest in East Sussex
Geological Conservation Review sites