Owstonia comes ( Koken,1888 )

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 : 85-86

Owstonia comes ( Koken,1888)

Fig. 39H

Otolithus (Cepolae) comes Koken, 1888: 288 , pl. 17 fig. 12.

Cepola comes – Nolf 1985: 91.

Owstonia comes – Nolf 2003: 10, pl. 3 fig. 10; 2013: 111, pl. 295.

Remarks

This species is only represented by a single specimen from the Moodys Branch Formation of Mississippi described by Koken ( Nolf 2003). The otolith strongly resembles that of the Recent Owstonia weberi (Gilchrist, 1922) (see Nolf 2013: pl. 295) and can be attributed to that genus.

Stratigraphic and geographic distribution

Bartonian: Moodys Branch Formation, Mississippi.

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.