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OCCASIONAL PAPERS OF THE CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 
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Referred Specimens in Zinsmeister (\ 970:124. table IV From LACMIP locality 471 (= LACM locality 3802), 
Upper Newport Bay (= Newport Back Bay Cliffs), Fernando Formation, Late Pliocene, Orange County; 
no individual specimens mentioned, only the presence of the genus in the deposit He did not distinguish 
between teeth and otoliths as remains. 
Referred Spceimens in Fitch and Lavenberg U 971:94V No specific specimens, but they state that otoliths of 
M. prodiictus have been recovered from numerous Pliocene deposits in California. 
Referred Specimens in Nolf (1985:61) : No specific specimens. He refers to the otoliths reported by Fitch 
(1968) from the Pliocene and Pleistocene of California. 
Remarks : Fitch (1969a) also reported 55 otoliths of M. productus from LACMIP locality 435 (Lomita Marl, 
Pliocene, Los Angeles County), however this locality is considered Pleistocene (Blake 1991; Dibblee 
1999). 
Family Gadidae 
Genus t EcUpes Jordan and Gilbert 1919a 
t Eclipes santamonicae David 1943 
Figure 38 
Selected Synonymy & References 
■\ Eclipes santamonicae David 1943:19-20, pi. 5, fig. 4. 
■\ Eclipes santamonicae David: David 1956:576, tables 2,3. 
Type Specimen : fEclipes santamonicae David 1943, holotype, LACM (C1T) 10223, right counterpart. 
Gadidae. 
Type Locality : LACM (CIT) locality 317, Santa Monica Mountains, Modelo Formation, Late Miocene, Los 
Angeles County. 
Referred Specimens : From type locality: number 10 of Layton collection, whereabouts unknown. 
From LACM (CIT) locality 320 (near type locality), Santa Monica Mountains, Modelo Formation, Late 
Miocene, Los Angeles County; LACM (CIT) 10009, left and right counterparts. 
R?feg^ No specific specimens mentioned. 
Remarks : Mentions no. 21 of the Layton collection from the type locality, but does not discuss specimen. 
Figure 38. t Eclipes santamonicae David 1943, holotype, LACM (CIT) 10223 (from a color image provided by LACM); scale bar 
equals 2 cm. 
