Orthopristis burlesonis (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 : 85

Orthopristis burlesonis (Dante & Frizzell, 1965)

Fig. 31E–F

Allomorone burlesonis Dante & Frizzell in Frizzell & Dante, 1965: 703, pl. 87 figs 5, 10, 15.

“genus aff. Isacia ” elongatus Müller, 1999: 142 , fig. 31/6–11

“genus aff. Parapristipoma ” aff. kokeni (Leriche, 1905) – Müller 1999: 143, fig. 31/4–5.

Orthopristis burlesonensis – Nolf 2013: 102, pl. 252.

Orthopristis burlesonis – Ebersole et al. 2019: 209 , fig. 71g –h.

Remarks

See under Orthopristis americana for the distinction of both species of Orthopristis and their stratigraphical ranges.

Stratigraphic and geographic distribution

Lutetian: Weches Formation and “Stone City beds”, Texas; Dobys Bluff Tongue of Kosciusko Formation, Mississippi; Piney Point Formation, Virginia. Bartonian: Cook Mountain Formation, Texas and Mississippi; “upper” Lisbon Formation and Gosport Sand, Alabama.

Figures

Fig. 31. Fish otoliths from the US middle and upper Eocene.A–D. Orthopristis americana (Koken, 1888), Moodys Branch F., Jackson, Riverside Park, Mississippi (IRSNB P 10198–10201). E–F. Orthopristis burlesonis (Dante & Frizzell, 1965), “Stone City beds”, Stone City Bluff, Brazos River, sample 2 from bed P, Texas (IRSNB P 10202–10203). 1 = ventral view; 2 = inner view. Scale bars = 1 mm.