Protozoa - Radiolaria - Ethmosphaeridae
Full reference: K. Sugiyama. 1992. Lower and Middle Triassic radiolarians from Mt. Kinkazan, Gifu Prefecture, central Japan. Transactions and Proceedings of the Paleontological Society of Japan, N.S. 167:1180-1223
Belongs to Cenosphaera according to K. Sugiyama 1992
Sister taxa: Cenosphaera (Chaunosphaera), Cenosphaera aberdeenae, Cenosphaera affinis, Cenosphaera antiqua, Cenosphaera apiaria, Cenosphaera cabrierensis, Cenosphaera carbonica, Cenosphaera castanea, Cenosphaera hexagonalis, Cenosphaera hexata, Cenosphaera ingens, Cenosphaera macropora, Cenosphaera marathonensis, Cenosphaera plutonis, Cenosphaera rossica, Cenosphaera scitula, Cenosphaera semiequalis, Cenosphaera uralensis, Cenosphaera variabilis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Mt. Kinkazan, Gifu City, P. nakatsugawaensis assemblage, which is in a Spathian basinal (siliceous) chert/shale in Japan.
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore
Distribution: found only at Mt. Kinkazan, Gifu City, P. nakatsugawaensis assemblage
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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