Early Eocene fish otoliths from the eastern and southern USA Author Lin, Chien-Hsiang 50EBAA8C-3EE0-4655-A0BB-694D9A8F49BA Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica, 128 Academia Road, Seca 2, Nankang, Taipei 11529, Taiwan. chlin.otolith@gmail.com Author Steurbaut, Etienne 9A884B23-5D05-4D6C-92B8-08B321D16845 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. etienne.steurbaut@naturalsciences.be Author Nolf, Dirk 6BCC71A0-1BEE-4BC0-BDFC-D070609DEFAB Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, 29 Vautier Street, 1000 Brussels, Belgium. dirk.nolf@scarlet.be text European Journal of Taxonomy 2024 2024-06-04 935 203 240 https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2557/11559 journal article 298344 10.5852/ejt.2024.935.2557 b9f405d9-04c7-4cfe-9f28-b6edc3416cb0 2118-9773 11526096 6C66A1E4-7EA4-45B7-B261-5D3ED749568E Neobythitesconstrictus Stinton, 1977 Fig. 7B An oblong otolith from the Rappahannock River locality in Virginia possesses an obtuse, moderately protruding rostrum and a sulcus type most similar to “ N .” constrictus from the Ypresian London Clay of southern England . The more compact outline of the otolith and flatter inner face are considered as size-related intra-specific variability.