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Description: | Specimen of a fossil ammonite, Rasenia involuta, collected from the Lower Kimmeridgian rocks of Late Jurassic age from Market Rasen, Lincolnshire (Midland England). Collected by R. Howse.
Rasenia involuta, an ammonite from Market Rasen, Lincolnshire. This ammonite has been named after one of the places where it is commonly found. Fossils are also sometimes named after people, or given a descriptive name which describes their appearance. This ammonite has been replaced by iron pyrite (fool's gold), with irridescent colours (like a shiny blue butterfly wing), including pink, green and blue.
The specimen was found in Lincolnshire.
It is from the Jurassic period (206 - 144 million years ago) | Publisher: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Subjects: | Cephalopoda Classification: Animalia Howse Invertebrata Ammonoidea Richard Mollusca | Temporal: | Jurassic period (206 - 144 million years ago) | Source: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Identifier: | http://www.twmuseums.org.uk/geofinder/se... | Go to resource |
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