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Stephanopyxis sp.

genus Stephanopyxis (Ehrenberg) Ehrenberg, 1845

• Modern species: Late Cretaceous - Present (70.6 - 0.0 Ma)
• Habitat: Marine

• Classification
• kingdom Chromista, phylum Ochrophyta, class Bacillariophyceae, order Melosirales, family Stephanopyxidaceae

• Distribution
• Miocene: Ishikawa, Tochigi
• Investigation in progress: Hokkaido

• Subtaxa
• S. schenckii