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Rasenia (Rasenia) laevigata

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae

Taxonomy
Rasenia (Rasenia) laevigata was named by Mesezhnikov (1984). Its type specimen is VNIGRI 1195/633 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Yany-Man'ya River, outcrop 24, bed 2, northern Urals, which is in a Kimmeridgian marine siliciclastic in the Russian Federation.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
R. heeri, R. uralensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1984Rasenia (Rasenia) laevigata Mesezhnikov p. 103 figs. Pl 8, figs 1,2; pl 10, fig 1; pl 11, fig 3; pl 21, fig 3; text-fig 34

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
RankNameAuthor
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPerisphinctoidea(Steinman 1890)
familyPerisphinctidaeSteinmann 1890
subfamilyAulacostephaninaeSpath 1924
genusRasenia
subgenusRasenia
specieslaevigata

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Rasenia (Rasenia) laevigata Mesezhnikov 1984
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height429.621.144.228.89.81
shell diameter491.962.0130.094.829.1
shell inflation440.426.055.943.313.3

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:27:03
Modified: 2009-10-08 14:14:55
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Kimmeridgian to the top of the Kimmeridgian or 155.70000 to 152.10000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Russian Federation Rasenia laevigata (66573)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Russian Federation Rasenia laevigata (type locality: 164307)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Russian Federation (Siberia) Rasenia laevigata (58775)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Russian Federation (Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug) Rasenia laevigata (164306)