Pseudophichthys sp.

Fig. 69 K–L

Otolithus (Solea) glaber Koken, 1888: 293, pl. 18, fig. 3.

Otolithus (Solea) glaber – Campbell 1929a: 274–275, pl. 29, fig. 3

“ genus aff. Pseudophichthys ” glaber – Nolf 1985: 43 . — Müller 1999: 82.

Pseudophichthys glaber – Nolf & Stringer 2003: 4, pl. 1, figs 13a–18.

Material examined

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA – Alabama • 1 otolith; MSC 37059.2 .

Description

Sagitta with oval to elliptic outline (sensu Smale et al. 1995); margins smooth. Height/length ratio equals 56%. Inner face very slightly convex. Sulcus of inner face undivided, slants very slightly in posteroventral direction. Sulcus reaches anterior margin, possibly through shallow ostial channel, extends approximately 75% of length. Anterior and posterior ends of sulcus tapering. Fairly conspicuous depressed area above sulcus.

Remarks

The singular specimen available to us is broken, but the undivided sulcus allows us to identify it as congrid, and other preserved features identify it as Pseudophichthys . However, determination to the species level was not possible, although it is very similar to Pseudophichthys glaber from the Eocene of Louisiana (Nolf & Stringer 2003).

Stratigraphic and geographic range in Alabama

Only one broken specimen of Pseudophichthys sp. was recovered from the “upper” Lisbon Formation at site ACh-7. Bartonian, zones NP16 and NP17.