Centropristis priaboniana 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 : 77

Centropristis priaboniana Nolf & Stringer, 2003

Fig. 27A–D

Centropristis priaboniana Nolf & Stringer, 2003: 8 , pl. 4 figs 3–6.

Centropristis priaboniana – Nolf 2013: 92, pl. 214.

Remarks

At a first glance, these small otoliths can be confused with the juveniles of “ Sparus ” elegantulus ( Koken, 1888) (see below). Nevertheless, C. priaboniana has a nearly horizontal ostial crista inferior, forming a triangular ostium, while in “ S. ” elegantulus , the ostial crista inferior is evenly widened like that of the crista superior and forms an oval ostium. Otoliths of C. priaboniana are rare (n = 5), but our specimens from the Moodys Branch Formation, Mississippi expands their record to a lower level than their original type locality from the Yazoo Clay of Louisiana.

Stratigraphic and geographic distribution

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

Figures

Fig. 27. Fish otoliths from the US middle and upper Eocene. A–D. Centropristis priaboniana Nolf & Stringer, 2003, Moodys Branch F., Mississippi. A–B. Jackson, Town Creek (IRSNB P 10165–10166). C–D. Jackson, Riverside Park (IRSNB P 10167–10168). E–F. Serranidae indet. E. Kosciusko F., Dobys Bluff Tongue, Dobys Bluff, Mississippi (IRSNB P 10169). F. “upper” Lisbon F., Coffeeville Landing, Alabama (IRSNB P 10170). 1 = ventral view; 2 = inner view. Scale bars = 1 mm.