Table 2 in First Cretaceous teleostean otolith assemblage (Arkadelphia Formation, upper Maastrichtian) from Arkansas, USA, early Gadiformes, and the Western Interior Seaway

Table 2. Comparison of the otoliths (taxa and percentage of total) of the Fox Hills Formation (NDGS 5597 locality, near Burnstad, North Dakota, USA), Kemp Clay (South Sulphur River, near Commerce, Texas, USA), and Ripley Formation (near Blue Springs, Mississippi, USA) based on bulk samples. 1 includes specimens identified as Pterothrissus cf. P. conchaeformis, 2 includes specimens identified as Ampheristus cf. A. americanus. Order=FORMES, Family=idae
Taxa in Fox Hill., Kemp Clay, andFox Hills Fm., North DakotaKemp Clay, TexasRipley Fm., MississippiRipley formation sitesNo. of otoliths% of totalNo. of otoliths% of totalNo. of otoliths% of totalMegalopidaeMegalops? nolfi000030.40AlbulidaeAlbula cf. A. bashiana0070.5800Pollerspoeckia sp.41.500000Pterothrissus conchaeformis 1001139.3360.81Pterothrissus cf. P. foreyi0020.1700Albula sp.000070.94Elopothrissus sp.000000ORDER INDETERMINATEGenartina sp.0030.2500OsmeroididaeOsmeroides mississippiensis0000141.89Osmeroides sp.000040.53AnguillidaeAnguilla chickasawae000020.27OphichthidaeEchiophis aff. E.semispaeroides0020.1700Family Ind. (ANGUILLIFORMES)Muraenanguilla cf. M. unionensis0000192.56HeterenchelyidaePythonichthys arkansasensis0030.2500CongridaeRhynchoconger? piger00383.1400Rhynchoconger brettwoodwardi00252.0600Congrophichthys transterminus0030.2500Family ind. (OSTEOGLOSSIFORMES)Kokenichthys navis000070.94Kokenichthys ripleyensis000010.13Family Ind. (CLUPEIFORMES)Clupeiform indeterminate000000AriidaeArius? danicus00675.5300Arius? subtilis0019516.10131.75No. of otoliths% of totalNo. of otoliths% of totalNo. of otoliths% of totalFamily Ind. (SILURIFORMES)Vorhisia vulpes7829.3242334.9320.27IchthyotringidaeApateodus crennelatus?0000425.66Thrax acutus000010.13Ichthyotringa? tavernei000040.53ParaulopidaeParaulopus pseudoperca0040.3319025.61Family Ind. (ORDER UNKNOWN)Choctawichthys ceploides000020.27PolymixiidaeCowetaichtys carnevalei000030.40Cowetaichthys alabamae000091.21MerlucciidaePaleogadus weltoni0020.1700Palaeogadus belli000000Gadidae?Dakotaichthys hogansoni17766.29161.3200Family Ind. (GADIFORMES)Archaemacruroides bratishkoi00110.9100GADIFORMES Ind.000000Family Ind. (HOLOCENTRIFORMES)Tippaha mythica000010.13Tippaha cavata000010.13TrachichthyidaeHoplopteryx oscitans000027837.47Hoplopteryx langfordi0000111.48Hoplostethus stringeri00524.2900BerycidaeCentroberyx apogoniformis00423.4700Family Ind. (BERYCIFORMES)Argyroberyx? dentatus0010.0800Argyroberyx? dockeryi000020.27Ripley formation sitesNo. of otoliths% of totalNo. of otoliths% of totalNo. of otoliths% of totalFamily Ind. (BERYCIFORMES)Eutawichthys cf. E. choctawae0070.5800Eutawichthys maastrichtiensis83.0020.17152.02Eutawichthys zideki 20000243.23Eutawichthys stringeri000000Family Ind. (BERYCIFORMES)Ossulcus labiatus000030.40OphidiidaeAmpheristus americanus 20013010.7300BythitidaeBidenichthys? crepidatus0020.1700Protobythites brzobohatyi0010.0800PempheridaePempheris? huddlestoni0000293.91SerranidaeSerranus? caribbaeus00120.9900Serranus? severnensis000010Incertae sedisOtolithopsis cumatilis000040.54Percoid sp.000030.40ORDER/Family unknownLapillus type 1000070.94