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Libotonius pearsoni fossil

... that some of the first likely Libotonius (pictured) fossils collected are lost at the Smithsonian?

Source: Wilson 1978 doi:10.1139/e78-075 "Since then Pearson's collection was forwarded to, but never accessioned in, the Smithsonian Institution. and it cannot now be located.
Wilson 1979 doi:10.2307/1443214 "Pearson's specimens cannot be located, but they probably included specimens of the new species described here, rather than a species of the similar Erismatopterus"

ALT1: ... that Libotonius (pictured) are small fish, with adults ranging between just 10.6–40.0 mm (0.42–1.57 in)? Source: Wilson 1977 Page 44 L. blakeburnensis GENERAL FEATURES Summary statistics for the species are given in Table 5. The known specimens (Fig. 13) represent only a small size range, from about 30 to possibly 40 mm
Wilson 1979 doi:10.2307/1443214 L. pearsoni Description.-All specimens small compared with other Eocene percopsiforms, ranging from 10.6–20.8 mm (0.42–0.82 in) standard length

Moved to mainspace by Kevmin (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 354 past nominations.

Kev min § 15:00, 8 July 2024 (UTC).

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook eligibility:

Cited:
Interesting: - ALT0 is interesting, ALT1 isn’t super thrilling for me, but I would let the readers decide.

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: I like ALT0 the best, but both are cleared awkwafaba (📥) 02:41, 9 July 2024 (UTC)

- I got access to the remaining source and it checks out. awkwafaba (📥) 15:13, 9 July 2024 (UTC)