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Figure 16. t Catostomus shoshonesis Cope 1883, holotype, AMNH 2761 [image courtesy of John Maisey, Lorraine Meeker, and 
Chester Tarka (AMNH)]; scale bar equals 1 cm. 
Referred Specimens of Catostomus sp, in Tavlor and Smith (1980 : see entiy below on Catostomus sp. 
Referred Specimens in Smith (1975) : No California specimens mentioned. 
Referred Specimens in Smith et al. (2002) : From Honey Lake, upper Alturas Formation, mid-Pliocene, Lassen 
County; mentioned that some of the maxillae described by Taylor and Smith (1981) belong to fC. 
shoshonensis. No specific specimen was identified. 
Distribution of Neogene fC shoshonensis outside of California : Miocene and Pliocene of the Snake River 
Plain. 
Remarks : According to Smith (1975), Cope (1883) added confusion to the literature when he apparently sub¬ 
stituted the name shoshonensis for material he intended to name C. reddingi. Hussakof 1908) referred to 
the undescribed specimen as “C. reddingi n while the holotype of fC. shoshonensis was supposed to be 
unknown. Smith (1975) stated that the description and measurements of f C shoshonensis (Cope 
1883:159-160) clearly refer to AMNH 2761, labeled as the type of “f Catostomus reddingi Cope”. Gilbert 
(1998:200) recognized the species as ^Deltistes shoshoensis (Cope). 
t Catostomus sp. 
Referred Specimens in Tavlor and Smith (1981:350. pi. 19. figs. 3-6) : From Locality B, Honey Lake, upper 
Alturas Formation, mid-Pliocene, Lassen County; there were five maxillae and five dentaries, but only the 
following five specimens were specifically mentioned: UMMP V74704, right and left maxillae (fig. 3); 
UMMP V74703, three dentaiy elements (figs. 4-6). They stated that the dentaries resemble f C. cristatus 
Cope, and the maxillae resemble shoshonensis Cope. 
Referred Specimens of f Catostomus in Wagner et al. 0997): From UCMP locality V 95030, Signal Butte local 
fauna, upper Alturas Formation, mid-Pliocene, Modoc County; no individual specimens were listed, 
but the specimens were deposited at UCMP and their catalog lists specimens 143065-143072 as 
catostomids. 
From Canby Bluffs local fauna, upper Alturas Formation, mid-Pliocene, Modoc County; no individual 
specimens were mentioned. 
From Secret Valley-Mudflat local fauna, upper Alturas Formation, mid-Pliocene, Lassen County; no indi¬ 
vidual specimens were mentioned. 
From Honey Lake “Island” local fauna, upper Alturas Formation, mid-Pliocene, Lassen County; men¬ 
tioned specimens in Taylor and Smith (1981) [see above]. 
Referred Specimens of ^Catostomus in Smith et al. (2002:188-190. 216) : From Secret Valley, upper Alturas 
Formation, mid-Pliocene, Lassen County; mentions dentaries and maxillae, but no museum numbers. 
From Mono Basin, mid-Pliocene, Mono County; mentions a dentary and maxillae, but no museum num¬ 
bers. 
Referred Specimens of f Catostomus in Smith et al. ('2009:177-182. figs. 2a. b. f. i. j. k) : From Kcclcr South: 
