Rasenia

Rasenia; Temporal range: Jurassic (Kimmeridgian), 155.7–150.8 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
	Fossil shell of Rasenia cymodoce from Calvados (France), on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Order:	Ammonitida
Family:	Aulacostephanidae
Genus:	Rasenia

Rasenia is an extinct ammonoid cephalopod genus belonging to the superfamily Perisphinctoidea. These fast-moving nektonic carnivores lived during the Upper Jurassic period, in the Kimmeridgian and Tithonian ages.^[1]

Etymology[]

This genus gets its name from Market Rasen in Lincolnshire (Midland England), place where it is frequently found.

Distribution[]

Fossils of species within this genus have been found in the Jurassic sediments of Russia,^[1] France and United Kingdom.

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c The Paleobiology Database

External links[]

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Rasenia Temporal range: Jurassic (Kimmeridgian), 155.7–150.8 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ ^[1]

Fossil shell of Rasenia cymodoce from Calvados (France), on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Order:	Ammonitida
Family:	Aulacostephanidae
Genus:	Rasenia