Symmetrosulcus stintoni (Dante & Frizzell, 1965 )

Lin, Chien-Hsiang & Nolf, Dirk, 2022, Middle and late Eocene fish otoliths from the eastern and southern USA, European Journal of Taxonomy 814, pp. 1-122 : 57

Symmetrosulcus stintoni (Dante & Frizzell, 1965)

Fig. 18N–P

Preophidion stintoni Dante & Frizzell in Frizzell & Dante, 1965: 714, pl. 86 figs 36–37, 42.

“genus Neobythitinarum ” stintoni – Nolf 1980: 137, pl. 20 fig. 9; 1985: 67.

Symmetrosulcus stintoni – Schwarzhans 1981b: 75, 113.

“ Neobythitina ” stintoni – Nolf 2013: 68, pl. 137.

Remarks

See remarks under the genus Symmetrosulcus .

Stratigraphic and geographic distribution

Lutetian: Weches Formation and “Stone City beds”, Texas.

Figures

Fig. 18. Fish otoliths from the US middle and upper Eocene.A–F. Symmetrosulcus meyeri (Koken, 1888). A–C. Yazoo Clay, Copenhagen, Louisiana (IRSNB P10084–10086). D–F. “Stone City beds”, Stone City Bluff, Brazos River, sample 2 from bed P, Texas (IRSNB P 10087–10089). G–K. Symmetrosulcus dockeryi sp. nov., Weches F., Wall Farm 1, Texas. G. Holotype (IRSNB P 10090). H–K. Paratypes (IRSNB P 10091–10094). L–M. “Neobythites” virginicus Müller, 1999, Piney Point F., Pamunkey River, 1 km E of Eanes property, Virginia (IRSNB P 10095–10096). N–P. Symmetrosulcus stintoni (Dante & Frizzell, 1965), “Stone City beds”, Stone City Bluff, Brazos River, sample 2 from bed P, Texas (IRSNB P 10097–10099). 1 = ventral view; 2 = inner view. Scale bars = 1 mm.