<documentid="4825EEB2C975DD18DE98CC2AE73A7A36"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="03971F35FFF7FFB499352D8DFDD3FCFC"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 pamunkeyensis Goode & Bean 1885"docType="treatment"docVersion="3"lastPageNumber="223"masterDocId="FFAE674DFFE4FFA09B062942FFADFFE2"masterDocTitle="Early Eocene fish otoliths from the eastern and southern USA"masterLastPageNumber="240"masterPageNumber="203"pageNumber="222"updateTime="1718049141783"updateUser="ExternalLinkService"zenodo-license-document="CC-BY-4.0"zenodo-license-figures="CC-BY-4.0"zenodo-license-treatments="UNSPECIFIED">
<mods:affiliationid="8F1CD99B1EFDA71C659BCDEB69735FDE">Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica, 128 Academia Road, Seca 2, Nankang, Taipei 11529, Taiwan.</mods:affiliation>
<mods:affiliationid="958538D74BD14A1AC2CFED1002786DDE">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="566FC9A709CE7AA5013552852D076911">Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, 29 Vautier Street, 1000 Brussels, Belgium.</mods:affiliation>
<taxonomicNameid="4C3ED5A0FFF7FFB399442D8DFC32FB08"authorityName="Goode & Bean"authorityYear="1885"box="[578,927,1231,1258]"family="Ophidiidae"genus="Neobythites"kingdom="Animalia"order="Ophidiiformes"pageId="19"pageNumber="222"phylum="Chordata"rank="species"species="pamunkeyensis">
<figureCitationid="1305B2A6FFF7FFB399EB2C57FCEAFACD"box="[749,839,1301,1327]"captionStart="Fig"captionStartId="16.[189,232,1786,1812]"captionTargetBox="[189,1398,937,1741]"captionTargetId="figure-156@16.[189,1398,937,1741]"captionTargetPageId="16"captionText="Fig. 7. Fish otoliths from the US lower Eocene formations. A. Glyptophidium polli (Casier, 1946), Pamunkey River, Hanovertown, Potapaco Member, Virginia (IRSNB P 10738). B. “Neobythites” constrictus Stinton, 1977, Rappahannock River, Potapaco Member, Virginia (IRSNB P 10739). C–F. Symmetrosulcus virginicus sp. nov., Pamunkey River, Hanovertown, Potapaco Member, Virginia. C. Holotype (IRSNB P 10740). D–F. Paratypes (IRSNB P 10741 to P 10743). G. “Neobythites” pamunkeyensis sp. nov., Pamunkey River, Hanovertown, Potapaco Member, Virginia, holotype (IRSNB P 10744). 1 = ventral view; 2 = inner view. Scale bars = 1 mm."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11526110"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11526110/files/figure.png"pageId="19"pageNumber="222">Fig. 7G</figureCitation>
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, Potapaco Member;
<figureCitationid="1305B2A6FFF7FFB39A372FADFE23F8E8"box="[305,398,1775,1802]"captionStart="Fig"captionStartId="16.[189,232,1786,1812]"captionTargetBox="[189,1398,937,1741]"captionTargetId="figure-156@16.[189,1398,937,1741]"captionTargetPageId="16"captionText="Fig. 7. Fish otoliths from the US lower Eocene formations. A. Glyptophidium polli (Casier, 1946), Pamunkey River, Hanovertown, Potapaco Member, Virginia (IRSNB P 10738). B. “Neobythites” constrictus Stinton, 1977, Rappahannock River, Potapaco Member, Virginia (IRSNB P 10739). C–F. Symmetrosulcus virginicus sp. nov., Pamunkey River, Hanovertown, Potapaco Member, Virginia. C. Holotype (IRSNB P 10740). D–F. Paratypes (IRSNB P 10741 to P 10743). G. “Neobythites” pamunkeyensis sp. nov., Pamunkey River, Hanovertown, Potapaco Member, Virginia, holotype (IRSNB P 10744). 1 = ventral view; 2 = inner view. Scale bars = 1 mm."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11526110"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11526110/files/figure.png"pageId="19"pageNumber="222">Fig. 7G</figureCitation>
;
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, Pamunkey River, Hanovertown (
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The otolith of this species is characterized by an oval to squarish outline with a prominent postero-dorsal angle. The dorsal rim is nearly flat, and and the ventral rim is gently curved. The anterior rim is rounded, and the posterior rim is largely blunt. All margins are smooth. The otoliths are thick, with both the inner and outer faces convex (
<figureCitationid="1305B2A6FFF0FFB49AD528D8FD9FFE56"box="[467,562,410,436]"captionStart="Fig"captionStartId="16.[189,232,1786,1812]"captionTargetBox="[189,1398,937,1741]"captionTargetId="figure-156@16.[189,1398,937,1741]"captionTargetPageId="16"captionText="Fig. 7. Fish otoliths from the US lower Eocene formations. A. Glyptophidium polli (Casier, 1946), Pamunkey River, Hanovertown, Potapaco Member, Virginia (IRSNB P 10738). B. “Neobythites” constrictus Stinton, 1977, Rappahannock River, Potapaco Member, Virginia (IRSNB P 10739). C–F. Symmetrosulcus virginicus sp. nov., Pamunkey River, Hanovertown, Potapaco Member, Virginia. C. Holotype (IRSNB P 10740). D–F. Paratypes (IRSNB P 10741 to P 10743). G. “Neobythites” pamunkeyensis sp. nov., Pamunkey River, Hanovertown, Potapaco Member, Virginia, holotype (IRSNB P 10744). 1 = ventral view; 2 = inner view. Scale bars = 1 mm."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11526110"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11526110/files/figure.png"pageId="20"pageNumber="223">Fig. 7G</figureCitation>
<figureCitationid="1305B2A6FFF0FFB4993728D8FD91FE56"box="[561,572,410,436]"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>
). A straight, elongate, and undivided sulcus sits in the central zone of the otolith. The sulcus does not open to the margins. The posterior part of the sulcus is slightly wider than the anterior part and very slightly bent downward at the tip. The ventral area is of similar size as the dorsal one.
<emphasisid="B94A7231FFF0FFB49BBB2B97FD64FD0D"bold="true"box="[189,713,725,752]"pageId="20"pageNumber="223">Stratigraphic and geographic distribution</emphasis>
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