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FIGURE 15. ^Catostomus tristatus Cope 1883, holotype, AMNH 2740 [image courtesy of John Maisey, Lorraine Meeker, and 
Chester Tarka (AMNH)]; scale bar equals 1 cm. 
■\ Catostomus cristatus Cope: Smith 1975:23-29, 32. figs. 9D, 10A-D, 12C, G. 
■\ Catostomus cristatus Cope: Smith et al. 2002:216. 
Type Specimen : ^Catostomus cristatus Cope 1883, holotype, AMNH 2740, cranial fragment 
Type Locality : Lake Idaho, Glenns Ferry Formation, Early Pliocene, Idaho. 
Referred Specimens in Hussakof (1908k None. He briefly described and figured the holotype (fig. 33) and 
noted that it was collected in the Pleistocene of Southwest Idaho. 
Referred Specimens of tC cristatus in Smith (1975k No California specimens mentioned. 
Referred Specimens of Catostomus sp. in Tavlor and Smith (1981) : From Locality B, Honey Lake, upper 
Alturas Formation, mid-Pliocene, Lassen County; UMMP V74704, right and left maxillae (fig. 3); UMMP 
V74703, three dentary elements (figs. 4-6). See entries below under f Catostomus sp. 
Referred Spe cimens of ±C. cristatus in Smith et al. (2002:216k From Honey Lake “Island”, upper Alturas 
Formation, mid-Pliocene, Lassen County; a complete maxilla, no museum number. They reidentified the 
maxillae (fig. 3) and two of the dentaries (figs. 5, 6) figured by Taylor and Smith (1981) as fC cristatus 
(see above entry). 
Distribution of Neogene _tC cristatus outside of California : Pliocene of Snake River Plain. 
f Catostomus shoshonensis Cope 1883 
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Selected Synonymy & References 
f Catostomus shoshonensis Cope 1883:159-160. 
“^Catostomus redding?’ Cope: Hussakof 1908:66, fig. 34. 
Catostomus sp.: Taylor and Smith 1981:350. 
f Catostomus shoshonensis Cope:Smith 1975:29. 
f Deltistes shoshonensis Cope: Gilbert 1998:200. 
f Catostomus shoshonensis Cope: Smith etal. 2002:216. 
Type Specimen : f Catostomus shoshonensis Cope 1883, holotype, AMNH 2761, cranium (Gilbert 1998:197). 
Type Locality : Lake Idaho, Glenns Ferry Foimation, Early Pliocene ([according to Gilbert (1998:200), the age 
is Late Pliocene-Early Pleistocene], southern Idaho. 
