UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PUBLICATIONS 



BULLETIN OF THE DEPARTMENT OF 



GEOLOGY 



Vol. 5, No. 7, pp. 95-144, Pis. 11, 12. ANDREW C. LAWSON, Editor 



THE FOSSIL FISHES OF CALIFORNIA 



WITH SUPPLEMENTARY NOTES ON OTHER 

 SPECIES OE EXTINCT FISHES. 



BY 



David Starr Jordan, 



President of Stanford University. 



CONTENTS. page 



Introduction 96 



Californian fossil fishes 98 



Hybodus shastensis Wemple 98 



Acrodus wempliae Jordan 10(1 



Heptranehias andersoni Jordan lot 



Galeocerdo productus Agassiz 101 



Galeus (zyopterus Jordan and Gilbert) 103 



Carcharias antiquus (Agassiz) 103 



Carcharias sp 104 



Hemipristis heteropleurus Agassiz 104 



Heniipristis ehiconis Jordan 105 



Lamna elavata Agassiz 106 



Larrma ornata Agassiz 107 



Lamna sp 107 



Isurus planus (Agassiz) 107 



Isurus tumulus Agassiz 109 



Isurus smithii Jordan Ill 



Isurus desori (Agassiz)?? 112 



Careharodon rectus Agassiz 112 



Careharodon arnoldi Jordan 113 



Careharodon riversi Jordan 115 



Carcharodon branneri Jordan 116 



Dalatias occidentalis (Agassiz) 118 



Echinorhinus blakei Agassiz 119 



Chiloscyllium sp. 119 



Aetobatis sp. 119 



Urolophus halleri Cope (?) .■ 120 



Holoptychius sp 120 



Xenesthes velox Jordan 120 



Acipenser medirostris Ayres? 121 



