Bothidae Smitt 1892
Authors/Creators
- 1. McWane Science Center, 200, 19 Street North, Birmingham, Alabama 35203, USA.
- 2. South Carolina State Museum, 301 Gervais Street, Columbia, South Carolina 29201, USA.
- 3. University of Louisiana at Monroe, Monroe, Louisiana 71209, USA.
Description
Bothidae indet.
Fig. 70 Q–R
?“genus Citharidarum ” sulcatus – Nolf & Stringer 2003: 4, pl. 8, figs 10–11b.
Material examined
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA – Alabama • 1 otolith; MSC 42235.
Description
Ovate specimen very small, measuring approximately 2.0 mm in length. Inner face flat to very slightly convex. Margins smooth. Anterior margin bluntly rounded, anterodorsal also slightly rounded. Dorsal slightly slanted, almost straight. Posterodorsal tapered but rounded. Ventral margin regularly curved. Divided sulcus having approximately parallel margins. Sulcus extends from anterior margin about 75% of otolith length. Sulcus may be very slightly inclined toward dorsal. Ostium and cauda difficult to determine but appear to be about equal in length (ostium possibly slightly longer). Width of ostium and cauda also approximately equal. Crista superior located above sulcus. Longitudinal depressed areas occur just above and below sulcus. Poorly defined depressed dorsal area. Ventral furrow appears to be present. Outer face slightly irregular, ranging from almost flat to slightly convex.
Remarks
The Lisbon Formation specimen exhibits some similarity to “genus Citharidarum ” hoffmani from the upper Eocene Yazoo Clay of Louisiana (Nolf & Stringer 2003), but additional material from the Lisbon Formation is needed for more meaningful comparisons.
Stratigraphic and geographic range in Alabama
The one bothid specimen was found in the “upper” Lisbon Formation at site ACh-8. Bartonian, zones NP16 and NP17.
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Collection code
- MSC
- Scientific name authorship
- Smitt
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Order
- Pleuronectiformes
- Family
- Bothidae
- Taxon rank
- family
- Taxonomic concept label
- Bothidae Smitt, 1892 sec. Ebersole, Cicimurri & Stringer, 2019
References
- Nolf D. & Stringer G. 2003. Late Eocene (Priabonian) fish otoliths from the Yazoo Clay at Copenhagen, Louisiana. Louisiana Geological Survey Geological Pamphlet 13: 1 - 23.