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Rasenia (Rasenia) evoluta

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae

Taxonomy
Rasenia evoluta was named by Spath (1935). Its type specimen is BMNH 39801 and is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Rasenia (Rasenia) evoluta by Mesezhnikov (1984).

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Rasenia evoluta Spath p. 48 figs. Pl 14, fig 6
1984Rasenia (Rasenia) evoluta Mesezhnikov p. 108 figs. Pl 11, fig 1; pl 14, fig 1; pl 17, fig 2; pl 19, fig 3; pl 23, figs 1,3; pl 24, fig 1; text-fig 38

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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
speciesevoluta(Spath 1935)

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height533.022.846.231.49.87
shell diameter5106.676.0165.098.036.0
shell inflation548.731.982.544.120.2

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 2003, Kiessling 2004

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

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian163.5 - 152.1Svalbard and Jan Mayen Rasenia evoluta (212493)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Russian Federation (Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug) Rasenia evoluta (164309)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Russian Federation (Siberia) Rasenia evoluta (58774)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Russian Federation (Krasnoyarsk) Rasenia evoluta (163992 163993 164310 164312)