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Acknowledgments 
Ortwin Schultz (NHMW) unwittingly provided the impetus for us to pursue this project. He mentioned he 
had assembled a catalog of the Austrian Neogene bivalves and was in the process of doing the same thing for 
bony fishes. After he sent us a sample of his effort, we were very impressed and knew a similar catalog would 
be useful to scientists who wanted to know more about the bony fishes from the California Neogene but also 
related stratigraphy. 
Several people helped us obtain literature and also reviewed portions of the catalog in their specific areas 
of interest. Michael Bell (SUNY Stony Brook) was most helpful with the family Gasterosteidae, Gerald Smith 
(UMMP) with the Salmonidae, and Kenneth Gobalet (CSU Bakersfield) with the Cyprinidae and 
Catostomidae. 
John Barron (USGS) provided literature on the biostratigraphy of the Lompoc deposit and Michel House- 
mann (World Minerals Corp.) gave us a guided tour of the Celite Quarry at Lompoc. Angela Jayko (USGS) 
sent literature that helped us understand the paleogeography and age of the deposits in the Mono Basin and its 
relationship to the deposits in the Owens Valley. Charles Powell, III (USGS) and Rob Weems (USGS) 
answered our questions on the USGS localities, and Philip Hogan (Fugro, Inc.), Richard Squires (CSUN) and 
Lindsey Groves (LACM) shared their interpretations of the age and geographic distribution of the Fernando 
Formation. 
We are thankful that Robert Boessenecker (MSU), Giorgio Camevale (Universita di Pisa), David Catania 
(CAS), Robert Purdy and Mark Florence (USNM), Casey McKinney and Charles Powell, III (USGS), Ken 
Gobalet (CSU Bakersfield), Andrew Kinziger (HSU), James Knight (SC State Museum), J.D. Stewart (URS 
Corp.), Mark Roeder (SDNHM), Richard Feeney, Jeff Seigel, Vanessa Rhue, and Sam McLeod (LACM), 
Gerald Smith (UMMP), and Mary Burridge and Kevin Seymour (ROM) took time to answer our numerous 
emails concerning the whereabouts of specimens, people or literature. 
Jean DeMouthe (CAS), Sam McLeod (LACM), and Paul Collins (SBMNH) gave us access to the fossil 
fish collection in their respective institutions and each provided printouts of their respective specimen catalog. 
Harry Filkom (LACM) provided us information on LACMIP localities. Patricia Holroyd (UCMP) helped us 
access UCMP’s online catalog and Gregg Gunnell (UMMP) sent us a listing of the bony fishes from the 
California Neogene in the UMMP collection. Edward Davis (UO), Sara Mansfield (CAS), Michael Brett- 
Surman (USNM), Christopher Norris and Marilyn Fox (YPM), Gerald Smith (UMMP), and John Maisey, 
Lorraine Meeker, and Chester Tarka (AMNH) provided the high resolution photos that are included in the cat¬ 
alog. We doubt the catalog would have been completed without their assistance. 
The Cal Poly University Library deserves special recognition for its assistance. The Interlibrary Loan 
Department provided a simple and seamless method for obtaining numerous publications not housed in the uni¬ 
versity collection, and the science librarian, Jeanine Scaramozzino, somehow was able to obtain publications 
even though we could only provide her with incomplete citations. 
This catalog owes so much to Alan Leviton, editor of the Academy’s Occasional Papers series. His seem¬ 
ingly tireless work ethic and editorial skills gently guided us toward a more readable and useful publication. 
And, penultimately, to those of you who reviewed parts or all of the pre-publication version of the paper, 
Michele Aldrich, William Eschmeyer, Tomio Iwamoto, John McCosker, Peter Rodda, Peter Roopnarine, and 
Gary Williams, thank you for your thoughtful comments. 
Last but not least, H. Fierstine acknowledges the support and encouragement of his wife, A. Fierstine, who 
listened to him chatter on and on about various issues while assembling the catalog, but never once rolled her 
eyes, a true act of composure and patience. 
Abbreviations 
ABDSP—Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Borrego Springs, California. 
AMNH—American Museum of Natural History, New York, New York. 
ANSP—Academy of Natural Science, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 
BMNH—The Natural History Museum, London, England. 
