Neobythites, Goode & Bean, 1885

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 : 57-58

“ Neobythites ” rotundus ( Müller, 1999)

Fig. 20A–C

“genus Neobythitinarum ” rotundus Müller, 1999: 127, fig. 29/1–16.

“ Neobythitina ” rotunda – Nolf 2013: 68, pl. 137.

Remarks

See remarks under the genus.

Stratigraphic and geographic distribution

Lutetian: Piney Point Formation, Virginia.

Figures

Fig. 20. Fish otoliths from the US middle and upper Eocene. A–C. “Neobythites” rotundus Müller, 1999, Piney Point F., sand and gravel pit, Bottoms Bridge, loc. 22 of Müller, Virginia (IRSNB P 10100–10102). D–E. Apogon sp., “Stone City beds”, Stone City Bluff, Brazos River, Texas (IRSNB P 10103–10104). F–J. “Apogon” americanus (Dante & Frizzell, 1965), “Stone City beds”, Texas. F–G. Stone City Bluff, Brazos River, sample 2 from bed P (IRSNB P 10105–10106). H–J. Alabama Ferry, on Trinity River, North (IRSNB P 10107–10109). 1 = ventral view; 2 = inner view. Scale bars = 1 mm.