Owstonia sp.

Schwarzhans, Werner, Klots, Oleksandr, Kovalchuk, Oleksandr, Dubikovska, Anastasiia, Ryabokon, Tamara & Kovalenko, Volodymyr, 2024, Life on a Miocene barrier reef - fish communities and environments in the Medobory backreef, Palaeontologia Electronica (a 46) 27 (3), pp. 1-44 : 22

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.26879/1429
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scientific name	Owstonia sp.
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Owstonia sp.

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Material. 1 otolith, NMNHU-P PI 2750, Staryi Zavod.

Discussion. The identification of the cepolid otoliths in the Neogene of Europe is in a catastrophic estate. A review of these otoliths is long overdue but is beyond the scope of this study. The otolith figured here represents the genus Owstonia characterised by compressed, rounded hexagonal otolith shape and a small, reduced ostial colliculum whereby the ostium does not open to the anterior rim of the otolith. This pattern distinguishes otoliths of Owstonia from those of the genus Cepola .