Triactoma amajacensis Pessagno et al. 1989 (radiolarian)

Protozoa - Actinommacea - Xiphostylidae

Alternative combination: Tripocyclia amajacensis

Full reference: E. Pessagno, W. M. Six, and Q. Yang. 1989. The Xiphostylidae Haeckel and Parvivaccidae, n. fam, (Radiolaria) from the North American Jurassic. Micropaleontology 35(3):193-255

Belongs to Triactoma according to W. Kiessling 1999

Sister taxa: Triactoma blakei, Triactoma cellulosa, Triactoma foremanae, Triactoma frequens, Triactoma hexeris, Triactoma hidalgoensis, Triactoma ilsedense, Triactoma jonesi, Triactoma kellumi, Triactoma mexicana, Triactoma pachyacantha, Triactoma parablakei, Triactoma paramexicana, Triactoma prolongata, Triactoma rosespitensis, Triactoma spinosa, Triactoma tenuspinea, Triactoma tithonianum, Triactiscus triacuminatus, Triactiscus lanceola, Triactiscus tripodiscus, Triactiscus tricuspis, Triactiscus tripyramis

Type specimen: USNM 424150

Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore

Distribution: found only at 89B1-3, Dyakovo, Moscow (Jurassic of Russian Federation)

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