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Family Sternoptychidae 
Genus Argyropelecus Cocco 1829 
t Argyropelecus bullockii David 1943 
Figure 24 
Selected Synonymy & References 
t Argyropelecus bullockii David 1943:11-13, text-fig. 4. 
t Argyropelecus bullockii David: David 1943:60, text-fig. 11. 
t Argyropelecus bullockii David: David 1943:123. 
t Argyropelecus bullockii David: Camevale 2003:73. 
Type Specimen : t Argyropelecus bullockii David 1943, holotype, LACM (CIT) 10029, almost complete right 
counterpart. Sternoptychidae. 
Type Locality : LACM (CIT) locality 317, “Sepulveda Tunnel”, Santa Monica Mountains, lower Member, 
Modelo Formation, Late Miocene, Los Angeles County. 
11): From LACM (CIT) locality 382, Dixie Canyon Road and 
Mulholland Highway, Santa Monica Mountains, lower Member, Modelo Formation, Late Miocene, Los 
Angeles County; LACM (CIT) 10251 (originally designated as specimen 109, Los Angeles High School 
collection), well-preserved left counterpart 
Rg-fe^^ (1943; 123): From LACM (CIT) locality 385, Lompoc, Monterey Formation, 
Late Miocene, Santa Barbara County; LACM (CIT) 10196, one complete counterpart. 
Referred Specimens in Camevale (2003:73') : Only refers to the three specimens described and figured in David 
(1943:11-13,60, 123). 
Figure 24. f Argyropelecus bullocki David 1943, holotype, LACM (CIT) 10029 (from color image provided by LACM); scale bar 
equals 1 cm. 
Argyropelecus affinis Garman 1899 
Selected Synonymy & References 
Fossils A and B: Baird 1971:23, figs. 12, 13. 
Argyropelecus affinis Garman 1899: Camevale 2003:73. 
Type Specimen : Extant, Argyropelecus affinis Garman 1899, holotype, USNM 44593 (Eschmeyer 1998:46). 
Type Locality : Off Antilles (Eschmeyer 1998:46). 
Referred Specimens in (Baird 1970 : From LACM locality 1925, ‘Cabrillo Beach Park’, Cabrillo Beach Park, 
Palos Verdes, Valmonte Diatomite Member, Monterey Formation, Late Miocene, Los Angeles County; 
two complete, uncatalogued specimens, whereabouts unknown. Sternoptychidae. 
Referred Specimens in Camevale (2003') : Only refers to the two specimens described and figured by Baird 
(1971). 
