Middle and late Eocene fish otoliths from the eastern and southern USA
Author
Lin, Chien-Hsiang
D39077E1-7025-4118-B258-C4A896E63E2A
Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica, 128 Academia Road, Sec. 2, Nankang, Taipei 11529, Taiwan.
chlin.otolith@gmail.com
Author
Nolf, Dirk
6BCC71A0-1BEE-4BC0-BDFC-D070609DEFAB
Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, 29, Rue Vautier, 1000 Brussels, Belgium.
dirk.nolf@scarlet.be
text
European Journal of Taxonomy
2022
2022-04-20
814
1
122
http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.814.1745
journal article
10.5852/ejt.2022.814.1745
2118-9773
6484355
74226488-DE8B-4A64-B1D4-A24C15AE79F6
Paraconger solidus
Müller, 1999
Fig. 38C
Paraconger solidus
Müller, 1999: 71
, fig. 20/8–10.
Paraconger solidus
–
Nolf 2013: 36
, pl. 24.
Remarks
Compared to other otoliths of
Paraconger
, otoliths of
Paraconger solidus
are the most compact and highest-shaped ones. The species seems to be restricted to the Piney Point Formation.
Fig. 11.
Fish otoliths from the US middle and upper Eocene.
A–D
.
Ariosoma nonsector
Nolf & Stringer, 2003
.
A–C
. Wheelock M., Little Brazos River, Stenzel loc., Texas (IRSNB P 9993–9995).
D
. “Stone City beds”, Stone City Bluff, Brazos River, sample 5 from bed S, Texas (IRSNB P 9996).
E–F
.
Paraconger wechesensis
sp. nov.
, Weches F., Wall Farm 1, Texas.
E
. Holotype (IRSNB P 9997).
F
. Paratype (IRSNB P 9998).
G–L
.
Paraconger brazosensis
(Dante &
Frizzell, 1965
)
, “Stone City beds”, Stone City Bluff, Brazos River, sample 2 from bed P, Texas (IRSNB P 9999–10004). 1 = ventral view; 2 = inner view. Scale bars =
1 mm
.
Stratigraphic and geographic distribution
Lutetian: Piney Point Formation,
Virginia
.