{"pk":41730,"title":"First description of the fossil otolith-based sciaenid, \nEquetulus silverdalensis\n n. comb., in the Gulf Coastal Plain, USA, with comments on the enigmatic distribution of the species","subtitle":null,"abstract":"The fossil otolith-based sciaenid genus \nEquetulus\n is known almost exclusively from South America, the Caribbean, and Central America, with the various species ranging in age from the late Oligocene to late Miocene. The only exception to this geographical distribution is the isolated occurrence of \nEquetulus silverdalensis\n n. comb. in the Belgrade Formation (latest Oligocene–early Miocene) in the Atlantic Coastal Plain of the USA (North Carolina) and a mention of its occurrence in the Chickasawhay Limestone (late Oligocene) in the Gulf Coastal Plain of the USA (Mississippi). However, sampling of the Paynes Hammock Sand (late Oligocene, Chattian) near Millry, Alabama, USA, resulted in the discovery of an otolith representing the first occurrence of \nE. silverdalensis\n in Alabama and the first systematic description of the species from the Gulf Coastal Plain of the USA. These occurrences suggest a potential distribution of this fossil species from Atlantic Coastal Plain of North Carolina to the central Gulf Coastal Plain of Alabama and possibly Mississippi.","language":"en","license":{"name":"Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0","short_name":"CC BY-NC-SA 4.0","text":"<p><!-- x-tinymce/html --></p>\n<p>Readers are free to:</p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Share</strong> — copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format</li>\n<li><strong>Adapt</strong> — remix, transform, and build upon the material<br><br>The licensor cannot revoke these freedoms as long as you follow the license terms.</li>\n</ul>\n<p>Under the following terms:</p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Attribution</strong> — You must give appropriate credit , provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made . You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.</li>\n<li><strong>NonCommercial</strong> — You may not use the material for commercial purposes .</li>\n<li><strong>ShareAlike</strong> — If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same license as the original.<br><br>No additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.</li>\n</ul>\n<p>Notices:</p>\n<p>You do not have to comply with the license for elements of the material in the public domain or where your use is permitted by an applicable exception or limitation.</p>\n<p>No warranties are given. The license may not give you all of the permissions necessary for your intended use. For example, other rights such as publicity, privacy, or moral rights may limit how you use the material.</p>","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0"},"keywords":[{"word":"otoliths, Alabama, Oligocene, Paynes Hammock Sand, fossil sciaenids, teleostean fish"}],"section":"Article","is_remote":true,"remote_url":"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/7c85q2cw","frozenauthors":[{"first_name":"Gary","middle_name":"L.","last_name":"Stringer","name_suffix":"","institution":"Museum of Natural History, 708 University Avenue, University of Louisiana at Monroe, Monroe, LA 71209","department":"None"},{"first_name":"Jun","middle_name":"A.","last_name":"Ebersole","name_suffix":"","institution":"McWane Science Center, 200 19th Street North, Birmingham, AL 35203","department":"None"},{"first_name":"Sandy","middle_name":"M.","last_name":"Ebersole","name_suffix":"","institution":"Geological Survey of Alabama, Mary Harmon Bryant Hall, 500 Hackberry Lane, Tuscaloosa, AL 35486","department":"None"}],"date_submitted":"2020-09-01T19:47:35Z","date_accepted":"2020-09-01T19:47:35Z","date_published":"2020-09-01T07:00:00Z","render_galley":null,"galleys":[{"label":"","type":"pdf","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/ucmp_paleobios/article/41730/galley/31208/download/"}]}