Osteichthyes - Ophidiiformes - Ophidiidae
Full reference: C. Lin, E. Steurbaut, and D. Nolf. 2024. Early Eocene fish otoliths from the eastern and southern USA. European Journal of Taxonomy 935(1):203-240
Belongs to Neobythites according to C. Lin et al. 2024
Sister taxa: Neobythites auribatianus, Neobythites auriculatus, Neobythites bozzolo, Neobythites inprobus, Neobythites joenielseni, Neobythites leonardi, Neobythites lindqvisti, Neobythites longesulcatus, Neobythites pamunkeyensis, Neobythites tuberculatus, Neobythites turpidus, Neobythites verus
Type specimen: IRSNB P 10749, an otolith (sagitta). Its type locality is Sample 13, Hatchetigbee Bluff, which is in a Ypresian offshore sandstone in the Hatchetigbee Formation of Alabama.
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore-parasite
Distribution: found only at Sample 13, Hatchetigbee Bluff
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