Genus, Radcliffe, 1913

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 : 57

Genus incertae sedis

Remarks

“ Neobythites ” rotundus ( Müller, 1999) and “ N.” virginicus Müller, 1999, two species that are known from the Atlantic Coastal Plain only (Piney Point Formation), are incertae sedis Neobythitinae that are not clairly related to other living or fossil genera of Neobythitinae . Otoliths of “ Neobythites ” virginicus have a deep ventral area and a small but well-marked antero-dorsal angle. Those of “ N. ” rotundus are easily recognizable by their height which is more considerable than their length, their important thickness, which is essentially located in their posterior portion, and by a salient antero-dorsal angle.