Rasenia lepidula A. Oppel, 1863 - Ammonite

Description

Fossil ammonite, Rasenia lepidula, from the Upper Jurassic of Eathie Haven, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland, part of the Hugh Miller Collection

Museum reference

G.1859.33.3853

Collection

Fossils

Scientific name(s)

species: Rasenia lepidula A. Oppel, 1863 - Ammonite

Specimen details

Specimen form: Fossil

Materials

Calcite

Physical description

Entire small ammonite free of limestone matrix

Collection place(s)

Eathie Haven, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland, Northern Europe

Associations

Collector: Miller, Hugh, 1802 - 1856
Hugh Miller Collection

References

Figured by Zeigler, B. 1963. ' Some Upper Jurassic ammonites of the Genus Rasenia from Scotland. Palaeontology, vol. 5, part 4, p.767, plate 111, figs. 4 and 5