Tortonian teleost otoliths from northern Italy: taxonomic synthesis and stratigraphic significance Author Lin, Chien-Hsiang D39077E1-7025-4118-B258-C4A896E63E2A urn: lsid: zoobank. org: author: D 39077 E 1 - 7025 - 4118 - B 258 - C 4 A 896 E 63 E 2 A & Corresponding author: chlin. otolith @ gmail. com; r 97 b 41028 @ gmail. com chlin.otolith@gmail.com Author Brzobohatý, Rostislav A354D828-3D07-46F5-9D27-4F9D7B208F12 Email: rosta @ sci. muni. cz & urn: lsid: zoobank. org: author: A 354 D 828 - 3 D 07 - 46 F 5 - 9 D 27 - 4 F 9 D 7 B 208 F 12 rosta@sci.muni.cz Author Nolf, Dirk 6BCC71A0-1BEE-4BC0-BDFC-D070609DEFAB Email: dirk. nolf @ scarlet. be & urn: lsid: zoobank. org: author: 6 BCC 71 A 0 - 1 BEE- 4 BC 0 - BDFC-D 070609 DEFAB dirk.nolf@scarlet.be Author Girone, Angela B4212D22-1D1B-48E9-8ABB-C1D1E05573EF Email: angela. girone @ uniba. it & urn: lsid: zoobank. org: author: B 4212 D 22 - 1 D 1 B- 48 E 9 - 8 ABB-C 1 D 1 E 05573 EF angela.girone@uniba.it text European Journal of Taxonomy 2017 2017-05-23 322 1 44 journal article 22102 10.5852/ejt.2017.322 2922dbf4-12ec-49d4-ac36-565434419f51 2118-9773 3829305 “ Gobius ” bicornutus ( Lin, Girone & Nolf, 2015 ) This species was described, for the first time, from the turbiditic Tortonian deposits in the open generic nomenclature as “Gobiida” bicornuta by Lin et al . (2015) . Following the nomenclature adopted in the present paper and based on diagnostic features, this species is here assigned to “ G. ” bicornutus ( Lin, Girone & Nolf, 2015 ). The otoliths of “ G. ” bicornutus are rare in Tortonian deposits. They are very thick and nearly square shaped, with large and horn-like expansions at the postero-dorsal corner. Their sulcus is elliptic without strongly delimitated margins ( Fig. 12A ). Some small specimens ( Fig. 12 B–C) of this species from Sant’Agata Fossili ( Nolf & Steurbaut 1983 : fig. 1.1, point C) also show the hornshaped expansion at the postero-dorsal corner, a feature which can be therefore considered as consistent, regardless of otolith size.