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OCCASIONAL PAPERS OF THE CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 
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Remarks : The specimen identified as the holotype of "fE. remifer in the CAS collection is labeled CAS 61358 
(98, 651). Jordan and Gilbert (1925a) numbered their type specimen as SU 651. David (1943) mixed the 
specimen numbers by labeling the holotype as SU 97 (651) and her referred specimen as SU 98 (89). 
Lampanyctus ritteri Gilbert 1915 
Selected References (fossils only) 
Lampanyctus ritteri Gilbert 1915:318. 
Lampanyctus ritteri Gilbert: Fitch 1969b:3, 6-7;table 1, fig. lj. 
Lampanyctus ritteri Gilbert: Nolf 1985:56. 
Type Specimen : Extant, Lampanyctus ritteri Gilbert 1915:318, holotype, USNM 75807 (Eschmeyer 1998: 
1455). 
Type Locality : Monterey Bay, California. 
Referred Specimens in Fitch G969b:3. 6-7. table P : From LACMIP locality 471 (= LACM locality 3802), 
Upper Newport Bay (= Newport Back Bay Cliffs), Fernando Formation, Plio-Pleistocene, Orange County; 
four otoliths (unfigured). 
Referred Specimens in Nolf 11985:561 : No specific specimens. He refers to the otoliths reported by Fitch 
(1969b) from the California Pliocene. 
Remarks : Fitch (1969b) also reported otoliths of L. ritteri from LACMIP locality 435 (Lomita Marl, Pliocene, 
Los Angeles County), however this locality is considered Pleistocene (Blake 1991; Dibblee 1999). 
Lampanyctus sp. 
Selected Synonymy & References (fossils only) 
Lampanyctus sp.: David 1943:13. 
Lampanyctus sp.: Fitch 1969b: 11, 13, table 2, figs. 2d, e. 
Lampanyctus sp.: Frickhinger 1995:660. 
Lampanyctus sp.: Huddleston and Takeuchi 2006:33, table 1. 
Referred Specimens in David 0943:131 : From LACM (CIT) locality 320, Santa Monica Mountains, Modelo 
Formation, Late Miocene, Los Angeles County; LACM (CIT) 10054, counterpart; 10055, counter¬ 
part. 
From LACM (CIT) locality 317, Santa Monica Mountains, Modelo Formation, Late Miocene, Los 
Angeles County; LACM (CIT) 10122, left counterpart. 
From LACM (CIT) locality 334B, Santa Monica Mountains, Modelo Formation, Late Miocene, Los 
Angeles County; LACM (CIT) 10160, left counterpart (see Remarks). 
Referred Specimens in Fitch (1969b: 11. 13.. table 2. figs. 2d. ek From California State Highway 178, Round 
Mountain Silt, Middle Miocene, Kern County; 353 otoliths (one figured as fig. 2e). 
From Barker’s Ranch, Olcese Sand, early Middle Miocene, Kern County; 15 otoliths (one as fig. 2d). 
From LACM locality 6907, Pomona Freeway Chalk Hill, Puente Formation, Late Miocene, Los Angeles 
County; >100 otoliths and several skeletal imprints with otoliths (unfigured). 
Referred Specimens in Huddleston and Takeuchi 12006:33. table P : From LACM locality 6907, Pomona 
Freeway Chalk Hill, Puente Formation, Late Miocene, Los Angeles County; no specific specimens men¬ 
tioned. 
Referred Specimens in Frickhinger 11995:660. unnumbered figure ): He figured one specimen, a right counter¬ 
part, housed in the AMNH. There was no museum number and the locality was given only as Miocene of 
California. 
Remarks : LACM (CIT) 10160 is listed as Cyclothone in the LACM database. 
