Myripristis verus Steurbaut, 1979

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Myripristis verus Steurbaut, 1979

Fig. 4B–C

1979 Myripristis verus – Steurbaut, pl. 7, figs. 3–4

1984 Myripristis verus Steurbaut, 1979 – Steurbaut, pl. 15, figs. 15–17

Material

One otolith from level 11 and one otolith from level 12.

Distribution

Aquitanian–Burdigalian of SW France ( Steurbaut, 1979, 1984) and Aquitanian of the MHB.

Remarks

Myripristis verus otoliths are not as high as those of Myripristis planodorsalis Schwarzhans, 1994 . Compared to the “genus Myripristinarum ” banaticus Weiler ( Steurbaut, 1979) and the “genus Myripristinarum ” sp. figured by Steurbaut (1984), the inner face of M. verus is more triangular, and its sulcus is more strongly bending ventrally.

Figures

Figure 4. Photographs of the identified otoliths from the Felli section. (A) Lobianchia sp., Felli 11; (B–C) Myripristis verus Steurbaut, (B) Felli 11, (C) Felli 12; (D) Echiodon heinzelini Huyghebaert and Nolf, Felli 11; (E) Apogon moyesi Steurbaut, Felli 11; (F) “Batrachoidida” vigneauxi (Steurbaut), Felli 11; (G) Blennius sp., Felli 11; (H) Arnoglossus holleri Weinfurter, Felli 11; (I) Microchirus latior (Schubert), Felli 11; (J–K) Mullus elongatus Steurbaut, (J) Felli 11, (K) Felli 12; (L) Cepola yrieuensis Steurbaut, Felli 11; (M–N) Pomadasys sp., Felli 11; (O) Pagrus sp., Felli 11. (F), (H), (J), and (K) have been mirrored to facilitate comparison.