Bythitidae, Gill, 1861

Lin, Chien-Hsiang, Brzobohatý, Rostislav, Nolf, Dirk & Girone, Angela, 2017, Tortonian teleost otoliths from northern Italy: taxonomic synthesis and stratigraphic significance, European Journal of Taxonomy 322, pp. 1-44 : 23

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2017.322
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3848349
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scientific name	Bythitidae
status

Treatment

Bythitidae indet.

These otoliths have a shorter, higher and thicker shape than those of typical slender and elongate Tortonian Grammonus bassolii ( Nolf, 1980) (see Fig. 9H View Fig ). Their features only suggest bythitid otoliths, which in most cases possess generalised characteristics such as an elliptic outline with an elliptical sulcus. In addition, it is not certain whether the larger and the smaller specimens belong to the same taxon ( Fig. 9F and 9G View Fig , respectively).

References

Nolf D. & Cappetta H. 1980. Les otolithes de teleosteens du Miocene de Montpeyroux (Herault, France). Palaeovertebrata 10 (1): 1 - 28.

Figures

Fig. 9. Tortonian fish otoliths from northern Italy. A. Echiodon heinzelini Huyghebaert & Nolf, 1979, Torrente Stirone(IRSNB P 9787).B. Hoplobrotula aff.armata(Temminck& Schlegel, 1846),Sant’Alosio (IRSNB P 9788). C. Neobythites auriculatus sp. nov., Sant’Alosio (IRSNB P 9688 (holotype). D–E. Carapus acus (Brünnich, 1768); D. Torrente Stirone, E. Sant’Agata Fossili (IRSNB P 9789–P 9790). F–G. Bythitidae indet., Torrente Stirone (IRSNB P 9791–P 9792). H. Grammonus bassolii (Nolf, 1980), Torrente Stirone (IRSNB P 9793). I. Chaunax lobatus (Bassoli, 1906), Montegibbio (IRSNB P 9794). J–L. Scopelogadus sp.; J. Alba, Tanaro (5 m), K. Stazzano, L. Alba, Tanaro (50 m) (IRSNB P 9795–P 9797). M. Mugilidae indet., Sant’Alosio (IRSNB P 9798). N. Phycis musicki Cohen & Lavenberg, 1984, Torrente Stirone (IRSNB P 9799). O. Melamphaes sp., Alba, Tanaro (50 m) (IRSNB P 9802). P. Micromesistius planatus (Bassoli & Schubert, 1906), Montegibbio (IRSNB P 9803). Q–R. “Scorpaena” zibinica (Bassoli, 1909), Torrente Stirone (IRSNB P 9800–P 9801). 1 = ventral view; 2 = inner view; 3 = anterior view. Scale bars = 1 mm.