Argentina

Lin, Chien-Hsiang, Brzobohatý, Rostislav, Nolf, Dirk & Girone, Angela, 2017, Tortonian teleost otoliths from northern Italy: taxonomic synthesis and stratigraphic significance, European Journal of Taxonomy 322, pp. 1-44 : 13

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2017.322

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3848361

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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/61599612-946A-CE3A-7A87-A2CFFE4494BA

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scientific name

Argentina
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Argentina sp.

Two closely related species of the family Argentinidae with very similar otolith morphology exist in the modern Mediterranean: Argentina sphyraena Linnaeus, 1758 and Glossanodon leioglossus (Valenciennes, 1848) ( Whitehead et al. 1986 –1989). The main differences between the otoliths of these Recent species are a longer posterior rim and a somewhat weaker postero-ventral angle in those of A. sphyraena (see Nolf 2013: pl. 39 for otoliths of both species; Hoedemakers & Schneider 2016: fig. 4 for ontogenetic variability of A. sphyraena ). Therefore, the fossil otolith showing closer similarities to these features is referred to Argentina sp. ( Fig. 2E View Fig ). The broken rostral end does not allow a definite attribution at species level.

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