Genartina texana Dante & Frizzell, 1965

Lin, Chien-Hsiang & Nolf, Dirk, 2022, Middle and late Eocene fish otoliths from the eastern and southern USA, European Journal of Taxonomy 814, pp. 1-122 : 45

Genartina texana Dante & Frizzell, 1965

Fig. 14F–I

Genartina texana Dante & Frizzell in Frizzell & Dante, 1965: 696, pl. 86 figs 20–22.

“ Harpadontina ” texana – Nolf 2013: 50, pl. 58.

Remarks

Genartina texana is rather rare and found only from Texas in our collection (Weches Formation, till Cook Mountain Formation, but mainly from the “Stone City beds”). Frizzell & Dante (1965) reported its occurrence also in the Lisbon Formation of Alabama. See also above, under G. bambergi , for the distinction of the two species.

Stratigraphic and geographic distribution

Lutetian: Weches Formation and “Stone City beds”, Texas. Bartonian: Wheelock Member, Texas; “upper” Lisbon Formation, Alabama.

Figures

Fig. 14. Fish otoliths from the US middle and upper Eocene.A. Synodus sp., Moodys Branch F., Jackson, Town Creek, Mississippi (IRSNB P 10024). B–E. Genartina bambergi (Priem, 1913). B–C. Landrum M., Pin Oak Creek, Texas (IRSNB P 10025–10026). D–E. “Stone City beds”, Stone City Bluff, Brazos River, sample 5 from bed S, Texas (IRSNB P 10027–10028). F–I. Genartina texana Dante & Frizzell, 1965, “Stone City beds”, Stone City Bluff, Brazos River, sample 5 from bed S, Texas (IRSNB P 10029– 10032). 1 = ventral view; 2 = inner view. Scale bars = 1 mm.