First Cretaceous teleostean otolith assemblage (Arkadelphia Formation, upper Maastrichtian) from Arkansas, USA, early Gadiformes, and the Western Interior Seaway
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Stringer, Gary L.
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Sloan, James Carson
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PaleoBios
2023
2023-12-31
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1994
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Table 1. Taxa from the Arkadelphia Formation (Cabot locality, Arkansas, USA) with number of specimens, percentage of total, and occurrences in the Cretaceous and Paleocene of North America. Letters in third and fourth columns refer to the following references: A =Stringer et al. (2020); B = Schwarzhans and Stringer (2020a); C = Schwarzhans et al. (2018b); D = Hoganson et al. (2019); E =Stringer et al. (2018); F = Schwarzhans (1985); G = Frizzell (1965a). References are not inclusive but provide evidence of the range of the species in North America. Order=FORMES, Family=idae| Taxa | No. of specimens | % of total | Known N. Am Cretaceous | Known N. Am Paleocene |
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| ELOPIFORMES Elopidae |
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| Elops sp. | 1 | 0.05 | C | F |
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| ALBULIFORMES |
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| Albulidae |
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| Albuliformes indeterminate | 4 | 0.19 | E | B |
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| Elopothrissus sp. | 1 | 0.05 | A | B |
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| ORDER INDETERMINATE Family indeterminate |
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| Genartina sp. | 1 | 0.05 | B | B |
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| Osmeroididae |
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| Osmeroides sp. | 3 | 0.14 | A | G |
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| ANGUILLIFORMES |
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| Anguillidae |
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| Anguilla? chickasawae | 6 | 0.28 | A | B |
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| Ophichthidae |
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| Echiophis aff. E. semisphaeroides | 11 | 0.52 | B | B |
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| Family Indeterminate |
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| Muraenanguilla? sp. | 2 | 0.09 | A | B |
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| OSTEOGLOSSIFORMES |
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| Family indeterminate |
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| Kokenichthys navis | 2 | 0.09 | A | No |
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| CLUPEIFORMES |
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| Family indeterminate |
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| Clupeiform? indeterminate | 1 | 0.05 | — | — |
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| SILURIFORMES |
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| Ariidae |
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| Arius? subtilis | 1 | 0.05 | A | B |
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| Family indeterminate |
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| Vorhisia vulpes | 1,537 | 72.88 | A | No |
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| AULOPIFORMES |
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| Ichthyotringidae |
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| Apateodus crenellatus? | 3 | 0.14 | A | No |
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| GADIFORMES |
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| Merlucciidae |
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| Palaeogadus? belli sp. nov. | 148 | 7.02 | No | No |
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| Palaeogadus cf. P. weltoni | 1 | 0.05 | B | No |
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| GADIFORMES |
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| Family indeterminate |
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| Gadiformes indeterminate | 11 | 0.52 | — | — |
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| HOLOCENTRIFORMES |
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| Family indeterminate |
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| Tippaha mythica | 8 | 0.38 | A | No |
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| BERYCIFORMES |
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| Family indeterminate |
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| Eutawichthys maastrichtiensis | 21 | 1.00 | A | No |
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| Eutawichthys zideki | 287 | 13.61 | A | No |
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| Eutawichthys cf. E. stringeri | 48 | 2.28 | C | No |
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| OPHIDIIFORMES |
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| Ophidiidae |
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| Ampheristus cf. A. americanus | 6 | 0.28 | B | B |
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| Bythitidae |
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| Protobythites brzobohatyi | 4 | 0.19 | B | No |
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| ORDER UNKNOWN |
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| Family unknown |
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| Lapillus type 1 | 1 | 0.05 | A | No |
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| Family unknown |
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| Unknown sagitta | 1 | 0.05 | n/a | n/a |
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| Total | 2,109 | ~100 | | |
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