Aust Cliff
Notification 1954 | | |
| Natural England website | ||
Aust Cliff (
notified in 1954. The Severn Bridge
crosses the cliff.
Its SSSI designation is due to the presence of fossil beds. The site is famous for its Rhaetic bone bed, and is also the most productive locality in Britain for Triassic insects.
The lower part of the cliff is a red
Paleofauna
| Pterosaurs of Aust Cliff | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taxa | Abundance | Notes | Images | |
|
Genus:
|
 Dimorphodon | |||
References
- ^ The story of landscape and geology in South Gloucestershire Archived 2008-09-08 at the Wayback Machine p.16
- ^ ISBN 0-86101-566-5.
External links
- English Nature citation sheet for the SSSI (accessed 9 July 2006)
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