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From Lompoc, Monterey Formation, Late Miocene, Santa Barbara County; CAS 55604 (SU 190, 466), 
right counterpart; CAS 55535 (SU 118, 526), right counterpart; SU 191 (93), whereabouts unknown. 
Bathylagidae. 
From 
Benedict Canyon, Santa Monica Mountains, Modelo Formation, Late Miocene, Los Angeles County; USC 
3638, right counterpart (pi. 144, fig. 5), whereabouts unknown. 
Referred Specimens in Frickhineer (1995:611. unnumbered figure! : He figured one specimen, a left counter¬ 
part, housed in the Siber and Siber collection, Aathal, Switzerland. There was no museum number and the 
locality was given only as Miocene of California. 
Remarks : The LACM catalogue lists specimens, LACM (CIT) 10030 and 10146 from locality LACM (CIT) 
329, not 382. David (1943:56) listed specimen LACM (CIT) 10173 from two localities, LACM (CIT) 379 
and 380, however, the LACM catalogue lists the specimen from LACM (CIT) 379. David (1943:123) list¬ 
ed SU 118 (526) [= CAS 55535] as the holotype of fB. angelensis (Jordan and Gilbert) and the type local¬ 
ity as Lompoc, thus her changes do not agree with Jordan and Gilbert’s (1919a: 32) type description! 
Bathylagus sp. 
Referred Specimens in Fitch and Lavenberg (1968:23-24) : No specific specimens mentioned. They stated that 
“Bathylagus remains...have been found in many Miocene diatomite and shale deposits in Southern 
California, and otoliths of some species ...are abundant in several Miocene and Pliocene deposits”. 
Genus f Quaesita Jordan and Gilbert 1919a 
fOuaesita quisquilia Jordan and Gilbert 1919a 
Figure 19 
Selected Synonymy & References 
t Quaesita quisquilia Jordan and Gilbert !9l9a:31-32, pi. 8, fig. 3, pi. 10, fig. 2, pi. 17, fig, 1. 
[Quaesita quisquilia Jordan and Gilbert: Jordan 192la:246-247, pi. 22a (restoration). 
[Sternbergia waitei Jordan and Gilbert in Jordan 1925:41, pi. 20a. 
■[Quaesita quisquilia Jordan and Gilbert: David 1943:10-11. 
Type Specimen : t Quaesita quisquilia Jordan and Gilbert 1919a,holotype, CAS 70012.01 (SU 17), right coun¬ 
terpart (pi. 17, fig. 1). Dussumieriidae. 
Type Locality : El Modena, Monterey Formation, Late Miocene, Orange County. 
Referred Specimens of to. auisauUm in Jordan and Gilbert (1919a) : From type locality: CAS 55601 (SU 92), 
left counterpart; CAS 55435 (SU 119), right counterpart; the following specimens with whereabouts 
unknown: SU 93-118 and 120. See Remarks section below. Dussumieriidae. 
Referred Specimens of t O. auisauilia in Jordan 092la) : Jordan mentioned the type from El Modena and ref¬ 
erenced one specimen (SU 526), whereabouts unknown, from Lompoc. Dussumieriidae. 
Holotype and Referred Specimens of [Stern hernia waitei Jordan and Gilbert in Jordan (1925:411 reidentified 
Figure 19. [Quaesita quisquilia Jordan and Gilbert 1919a, holotype, CAS 70012.01 (from color image provided by CAS); scale 
bar equals 2 cm. 
