Rasenia

Short description: Genus of molluscs (fossil)

Rasenia

Temporal range: Jurassic (Kimmeridgian), 155.7–150.8 Ma

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[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
Subclass:  | †Ammonoidea
Order:  | †Ammonitida
Family:  | †Aulacostephanidae
Genus:  | †Rasenia
Salfeld, 1913

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]

## Contents

* 1 Etymology
* 2 Distribution
* 3 References
* 4 External links

## 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

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 The Paleobiology Database

## External links

* Twmuseum

Wikidata ☰ Q18393527 entry

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