Fish Otoliths from the Cabarruyan Piacenzian-Gelasian fauna found in the Philippines
Author
Van Hinsbergh, Victor W. M.
Author
Helwerda, Renate A.
text
Zootaxa
2019
2019-03-04
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4563.3.1
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1175-5326
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Parascombrops
aff.
serratospinosus
(Smith & Radcliffe, 1912)
]
(Figure 101)
Material:
2 specimens
in total. Anda3 (1) RGM 962252;
AndaCliff3 (1)
RGM 962253
.
One adult specimen (OL=3.73, OH=
2.45 mm
) is available that resembles recent otoliths of
Parascombrops serratospinsus
,
which is encountered in the West Pacific seas (
Schwarzhans & Prokofiev, 2017
). However, the shape of our specimen is less compressed. A similar variation in compactness is also observed in
Parascombrops
aff
.
mutinensis
(Bassoli, 1906) otoliths known in large numbers from the Mediterranean Pliocene, but on average these latter otoliths are also more compressed and have a more rounded dorsal rim. More specimens are needed for a definitive species identification.