Scopelogadus, Vaillant, 1888

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

Scopelogadus sp.

The larger otoliths ( Fig. 9J and 9L) show some similarities with those of the Recent Scopelogadus (e.g., Scopelogadus beani (Günther, 1887) and Scopelogadus mizolepis (Günther, 1878) , see Nolf 2013: pl. 161; Rivaton & Bourret 1999: pl. 141, figs 11–20, respectively), but in the fossil specimens, the colliculum is much larger and wider, occupying nearly one-third of the inner face. A Scopelogadus otolith figured by Anfossi & Mosna (1969b: pl. 10, fig. 8) from the Tortonian of northern Italy shows a similar sulcus with that of our specimens, but its outline configuration is more compressed and widened horizontally. Although ontogenetic change may also play a role, the existence of Anfossi & Mosna’s specimen and our smaller but thicker specimens ( Fig. 9K) suggests that several as yet unrecognised species may be involved.