Tags: Site Of Special Scientific Interest.
Emborough Quarries (grid reference ST623505) is a 1 hectare (2.5 acre) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest at Emborough in the Mendip Hills Somerset notified in 1971.The disused quarry has yielded a wide variety of remains of vertebrate fossils amongst which the early reptiles are particularly well represented. Of special note is Kuehneosaurus latus which is one of the earliest-known flying vertebrates.