Pegoxystris mizutanii Sugiyama 1992 (radiolarian)

Protozoa - Spumellaria - Archaeospongoprunidae

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 Pegoxystris according to K. Sugiyama 1992

Sister taxa: none

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

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