FIGURE 3. Otoliths. A–D in Approaching the Khersonian Crisis: Fish otoliths from the upper Bessarabian (middle Sarmatian s.l.; Late Miocene) of Jurkine (Kerch Peninsula, Crimea)

FIGURE 3. Otoliths. A–D Ophichthidae indet. juv., SMF PO 101.337, microfauna sample #20, A = anterior view, B = inner face, C = dorsal view, D = ventral view. E Maeotichthys wilhelmi (Djafarova, 2006), SMF PO 101.338, microfauna sample #20, inner face (reversed), digitally composed from three broken segments. F–Q Maeotichthys salebrosus n. sp., F, I, L, O = inner faces, G, J, M, P = anterior views, H, K, N, Q = ventral views, I–K holotype, NMNH ГКН 5960 079 (reversed), microfauna sample #21, F–H, L–Q paratypes, SMF PO 101.339, microfauna sample #20. R–Y Scythogobius spissus n. gen., n. sp., R, V, W = inner faces, S = dorsal view, Y = ventral view, T, U = posterior views, X = anterior view, R–T holotype, NMNH ГКН 5960 080 (reversed), microfauna sample #20, U–Y paratypes (U–V reversed), SMF PO 101.340, microfauna sample #20. Z–AB Anatirostrum profundorum (Berg, 1927), Recent, Caspian Sea, Gilan, Iran, CMNFI 1999-0023.1, Z = inner face, AA = dorsal view, AB = posterior view.