Gobius vetustus, (Nolf & Stringer, 2003)

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 : 62

“ Gobius ” vetustus ( Nolf & Stringer, 2003)

Fig. 39I–N

“genus Gobiidarum” vetustus Nolf & Stringer, 2003: 9 , pl. 7 figs 6–11.

“ Gobiida ” vetusta – Nolf 2013: 119, pl. 325.

Remarks

As stated in Nolf & Stringer (2003) in the introduction of the species, these otoliths from the Priabonian Yazoo Clay of Louisiana likely represent an early, rare record of an extinct form of the diverse gobioid group. The species was not found among our newly collected material from other localities.

Stratigraphic and geographic distribution

Bartonian: Moodys Branch Formation, Louisiana. Priabonian: Yazoo Clay, Louisiana.

Figures

Fig. 39 (opposite page). Fish otoliths from the US middle and upper Eocene. A–F. Pseudopriacanthus obliquus (Nolf & Stringer, 2003), Yazoo Clay, Tullos M., Copenhagen, Louisiana. A. Holoype (IRSNB P6994). B–F. Paratypes (IRSNB P 6995–6999).G. Pagrus esseri (Müller, 1999), Piney Point F.,sand and gravel pit, Bottoms Bridge, loc. 22 of Müller, Virginia, holotype (coll. Institut für Geowissenschaften, University of Leipzig, Nr.149/P38). H. Owstonia comes (Koken, 1888), Moodys Branch F., “Jackson River”, Mississippi, holotype (ZMB Ot. 165). I–N. “Gobius” vetustus (Nolf & Stringer, 2003), Yazoo Clay, Tullos M., Copenhagen, Louisiana. I. Holoype (IRSNB P 7413). J–N. Paratypes (IRSNB P 7414–7418). O–P. “Citharus” hoffmani (Nolf & Stringer, 2003), Yazoo Clay, Tullos M., Copenhagen, Louisiana. O. Holotype (IRSNB P 7424). P. Paratype (IRSNB P 7426). Q–R. Citharichthys altissimus Nolf & Stringer, 2003, Yazoo Clay, Tullos M., Copenhagen, Louisiana. Q. Holotype (IRSNB P 7422). R. Paratype (IRSNB P 7423). S. Eosciaena ebersolei Stringer et al., 2022, Yazoo Clay, Tullos M., Copenhagen, Louisiana (IRSNB P 7027). 1 = ventral view; 2 = inner view. Scale bars = 1 mm.