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 .