Eosciaena ebersolei Stringer et al., 2022

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 : 88

Eosciaena ebersolei Stringer et al., 2022

Fig. 39S

Eosciaena ebersolei sp. nov. Stringer et al., 2022: 8, figs 3l–n, 4a.

“genus aff. Nibea ” sp. – Nolf & Stringer 2003: 6, pl. 6 fig. 12.

Remarks

A single somewhat eroded sciaenid otolith from the Yazoo Clay that doesn’t match those of any living or fossil American sciaenid genus was tentatively compared to the extant genus Nibea on the basis of its general outline and pattern of its ostium by Nolf & Stringer (2003). When the present manuscript had already been submitted, this species was described by Stringer et al. (2022) based on new material from the Clinchfield Formation (Bartonian), Georgia.

Stratigraphic and geographic distribution

Bartonian: Clinchfield Formation, Georgia. Priabonian: Yazoo Clay, Louisiana.

Figures

Fig. 39 (opposite page). Fish otoliths from the US middle and upper Eocene. A–F. Pseudopriacanthus obliquus (Nolf & Stringer, 2003), Yazoo Clay, Tullos M., Copenhagen, Louisiana. A. Holoype (IRSNB P6994). B–F. Paratypes (IRSNB P 6995–6999).G. Pagrus esseri (Müller, 1999), Piney Point F.,sand and gravel pit, Bottoms Bridge, loc. 22 of Müller, Virginia, holotype (coll. Institut für Geowissenschaften, University of Leipzig, Nr.149/P38). H. Owstonia comes (Koken, 1888), Moodys Branch F., “Jackson River”, Mississippi, holotype (ZMB Ot. 165). I–N. “Gobius” vetustus (Nolf & Stringer, 2003), Yazoo Clay, Tullos M., Copenhagen, Louisiana. I. Holoype (IRSNB P 7413). J–N. Paratypes (IRSNB P 7414–7418). O–P. “Citharus” hoffmani (Nolf & Stringer, 2003), Yazoo Clay, Tullos M., Copenhagen, Louisiana. O. Holotype (IRSNB P 7424). P. Paratype (IRSNB P 7426). Q–R. Citharichthys altissimus Nolf & Stringer, 2003, Yazoo Clay, Tullos M., Copenhagen, Louisiana. Q. Holotype (IRSNB P 7422). R. Paratype (IRSNB P 7423). S. Eosciaena ebersolei Stringer et al., 2022, Yazoo Clay, Tullos M., Copenhagen, Louisiana (IRSNB P 7027). 1 = ventral view; 2 = inner view. Scale bars = 1 mm.