<documentid="311251E69770673AEC9145EB06547877"ID-CLB-Dataset="298344"ID-DOI="10.5852/ejt.2024.935.2557"ID-GBIF-Dataset="b9f405d9-04c7-4cfe-9f28-b6edc3416cb0"ID-ISSN="2118-9773"ID-Zenodo-Dep="11526096"ID-ZooBank="6C66A1E4-7EA4-45B7-B261-5D3ED749568E"IM.bibliography_approvedBy="valdenar"IM.illustrations_approvedBy="valdenar"IM.materialsCitations_approvedBy="valdenar"IM.metadata_approvedBy="felipe"IM.tables_requiresApprovalFor="GgImagineBatch"IM.taxonomicNames_approvedBy="valdenar"IM.treatments_approvedBy="valdenar"checkinTime="1717844083798"checkinUser="plazi"docAuthor="Lin, Chien-Hsiang, Steurbaut, Etienne & Nolf, Dirk"docDate="2024"docId="03971F35FFF0FFB5995A2A07FD62FD61"docLanguage="en"docName="EJT.2024.935.203-240.pdf"docOrigin="European Journal of Taxonomy 935"docSource="https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2557/11559"docStyle="DocumentStyle:EF2B578F1D15862ADE45B0C07C620911.14:EJT.2018-.journal_article.type1"docStyleId="EF2B578F1D15862ADE45B0C07C620911"docStyleName="EJT.2018-.journal_article.type1"docStyleVersion="14"docTitle="Neobythites stringeri Goode & Bean 1885"docType="treatment"docVersion="3"lastPageNumber="224"masterDocId="FFAE674DFFE4FFA09B062942FFADFFE2"masterDocTitle="Early Eocene fish otoliths from the eastern and southern USA"masterLastPageNumber="240"masterPageNumber="203"pageNumber="223"updateTime="1718049141783"updateUser="ExternalLinkService"zenodo-license-document="CC-BY-4.0"zenodo-license-figures="CC-BY-4.0"zenodo-license-treatments="UNSPECIFIED">
<mods:affiliationid="D32F4B513A0436967013C7E927A5F274">Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica, 128 Academia Road, Seca 2, Nankang, Taipei 11529, Taiwan.</mods:affiliation>
<mods:affiliationid="5E20092D0B4E5784D902F6A4E641D8A4">Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, 29 Vautier Street, 1000 Brussels, Belgium. & Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, KU Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200 E, 3001 Leuven, Belgium.</mods:affiliation>
<mods:affiliationid="8D286F99351A721842E42CB61C95348D">Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, 29 Vautier Street, 1000 Brussels, Belgium.</mods:affiliation>
<taxonomicNameid="4C3ED5A0FFF0FFB4996D2A07FCDBFC82"authorityName="Goode & Bean"authorityYear="1885"box="[619,886,837,864]"family="Ophidiidae"genus="Neobythites"kingdom="Animalia"order="Ophidiiformes"pageId="20"pageNumber="223"phylum="Chordata"rank="species"species="stringeri">
<figureCitationid="1305B2A6FFF0FFB499DB2ACEFCFAFC44"box="[733,855,908,934]"captionStart="Fig"captionStartId="18.[188,231,1856,1882]"captionTargetBox="[188,1397,906,1815]"captionTargetId="figure-109@18.[188,1397,906,1815]"captionTargetPageId="18"captionText="Fig. 8. Fish otoliths from the US lower Eocene formations. A–C. Neobythites longesulcatus sp. nov. A. Pamunkey River, Hanovertown, Potapaco Member, Virginia, holotype (IRSNB P 10745).B–C. Loyola Retreat House, N of Popes Creek, Woodstock M., Maryland, paratypes (IRSNB P 10746, P 10747). D–E. “Neobythites” stringeri sp. nov., Hatchetigbee Bluff, Hatchetigbee Fm., Alabama. D. Paratype (IRSNB P 10748). E. Holotype (IRSNB P 10749). 1 = ventral view; 2 = inner view. Scale bars = 1 mm."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11526112"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11526112/files/figure.png"pageId="20"pageNumber="223">Fig. 8D–E</figureCitation>
This species is dedicated to Gary L. Stringer (University of
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at Monroe) for his major contributions to the knowledge of the fossil otoliths from the
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<figureCitationid="1305B2A6FFF0FFB49BBC2CCEFEBEFA45"box="[186,275,1420,1447]"captionStart="Fig"captionStartId="18.[188,231,1856,1882]"captionTargetBox="[188,1397,906,1815]"captionTargetId="figure-109@18.[188,1397,906,1815]"captionTargetPageId="18"captionText="Fig. 8. Fish otoliths from the US lower Eocene formations. A–C. Neobythites longesulcatus sp. nov. A. Pamunkey River, Hanovertown, Potapaco Member, Virginia, holotype (IRSNB P 10745).B–C. Loyola Retreat House, N of Popes Creek, Woodstock M., Maryland, paratypes (IRSNB P 10746, P 10747). D–E. “Neobythites” stringeri sp. nov., Hatchetigbee Bluff, Hatchetigbee Fm., Alabama. D. Paratype (IRSNB P 10748). E. Holotype (IRSNB P 10749). 1 = ventral view; 2 = inner view. Scale bars = 1 mm."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11526112"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11526112/files/figure.png"pageId="20"pageNumber="223">Fig. 8E</figureCitation>
;
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<figureCitationid="1305B2A6FFF0FFB498FB2CB3FBF6F9E9"box="[1021,1115,1521,1547]"captionStart="Fig"captionStartId="18.[188,231,1856,1882]"captionTargetBox="[188,1397,906,1815]"captionTargetId="figure-109@18.[188,1397,906,1815]"captionTargetPageId="18"captionText="Fig. 8. Fish otoliths from the US lower Eocene formations. A–C. Neobythites longesulcatus sp. nov. A. Pamunkey River, Hanovertown, Potapaco Member, Virginia, holotype (IRSNB P 10745).B–C. Loyola Retreat House, N of Popes Creek, Woodstock M., Maryland, paratypes (IRSNB P 10746, P 10747). D–E. “Neobythites” stringeri sp. nov., Hatchetigbee Bluff, Hatchetigbee Fm., Alabama. D. Paratype (IRSNB P 10748). E. Holotype (IRSNB P 10749). 1 = ventral view; 2 = inner view. Scale bars = 1 mm."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11526112"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11526112/files/figure.png"pageId="20"pageNumber="223">Fig. 8D</figureCitation>
; same collection data as for holotype;
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, Hatchetigbee Bluff (
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This species is characterized by robust and fusiform otoliths that bear a blunt antero-dorsal bulge, forming the highest and thickest part of the otoliths in the anterior portion (
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<figureCitationid="1305B2A6FFF0FFB49F8E2ECAFB3EF840"box="[1160,1171,1928,1954]"captionStart="Fig"captionStartId="2.[189,232,1787,1813]"captionTargetBox="[269,1319,265,1747]"captionTargetId="figure-17@2.[269,1319,265,1747]"captionTargetPageId="2"captionText="Fig. 1. Maps showing the sampling sites on the US Gulf Coastal Plain (Texas, Mississippi, and Alabama) and Atlantic Coastal Plain (A = Virginia and Maryland). 1. Ridge Creek. 2–4. Taylor’s Branch of Two Mile Creek, samples 1–3. 5. Meridian, Gallagher Creek. 6. Meridian, Red Hot Truck Stop. 7. Hatchetigbee Bluff. 8. Cave Branch. 9. Elba Dam on Pea River. 10. Ozark. 11. Pamunkey River, E of Hanover School for boys. 12. Pamunkey River, Hanovertown. 13. Pamunkey River, 1 km W of Hunters Club. 14. Pamunkey River, Hunters Club. 15. Rappahannock River. 16. Loyola Retreat House, N of Popes Creek. 17. Popes Creek, South. 18. Piscataway Creek, Thrift Road ravine."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11526098"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11526098/files/figure.png"pageId="20"pageNumber="223">1</figureCitation>
). The otoliths taper in the posterior part and end with a pointed tip. The ventral rim is regularly curved. The inner face is convex; the outer face is essentially flat, becoming thinner towards the ventral and posterior rims. The sulcus occupies nearly the entire length of the inner face and is constituted by a long, horizontal ostium and a very short, downward-bent cauda. A shallow dorsal depression is observed above the central part of the crista superior. The ventral area is slightly larger than the dorsal one.
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(see above), but they can be distinguished by the short, strongly bent cauda and larger ventral area in the former species. “
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<emphasisid="B94A7231FFF1FFB59BBB2B7EFD64FDB4"bold="true"box="[189,713,572,598]"pageId="21"pageNumber="224">Stratigraphic and geographic distribution</emphasis>
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