Fish otoliths from the Lutetian of the Aquitaine Basin (SW France), a breakthrough in the knowledge of the European Eocene ichthyofauna

The fossil otolith assemblages of the Aquitaine Basin (SW France) have been extensively studied for more than 30 years and are among the best documented worldwide. However, Lutetian otoliths are less well known than those from the lower and upper Eocene. A new collection of >11,000 otoliths from the Lutetian Miretrain Marl Formation from five different localities in Peyrehorade and the Donzacq Marl Formation at Saint-Geours-d'Auribat is analysed...