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OCCASIONAL PAPERS OF THE CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 
Number 159 
Genus f Arnoldites Jordan 1923 
t Arnoldites iniistia (Jordan and Gilbert 1919b) 
Figure 43 
Selected Synonymy & References 
t Arnoldina iniistia Jordan and Gilbert 1919b:63, pi. 27, fig. 2. 
t Arnoldites iniistia (Jordan and Gilbert): Jordan 1923:164. 
ffVne specimen : f Arnoldina iniistia Jordan and Gilbert 1919b, holotype, CAS 69932 (SU 26, 99A, B), very 
~r poorfy,preserved right and left counteiparts. 
TVoe Locality : Pliocene deposits near Broadway tunnel, Los Angeles. 
Referred Specimens : None. 
Remarfe : Jordan (1923:164) noted that f Arnoldina Jordan and Gilbert 1919b was preoccupied by f Arnoldina 
Hannibal 1917, a mollusc, thus he substituted the generic name f Arnoldites . A note with the specimen in 
the CAS collection states that figure 2 in Jordan and Gilbert (1919b) representing SU 99A is not 99A. 
Figure 43. ^Arnoldites iniistia (Jordan and Gilbert 1919b), holotype, CAS 69932 (from color image provided by CAS); scale bar 
equals 1 cm. 
Genus Microgadus Gill 1865 
Microgadus proximus (Girard 1854b) 
Selected References (fossils only) 
Microgadus proximus (Girard 1854b): Fitch 1967:10. 
Microgadus proximus (Girard): Fitch and Reimer 1967:79, 82,84; fig. 9, table 1. 
Microgadus proximus (Girard): Fitch 1968:10. 
Microgadus proximus (Girard): Zinsmeister 1970:124, table 1. 
Microgadus proximus (Girard): Fitch and Lavenberg 1971:74. 
Microgadus proximus (Girard): Nolf 1985:62. 
Type Specimen : Extant, Gadus proximus Girard 1854b, three syntypes, USNM 524. 
Type Locality : San Francisco, California 
Referred Specimens in Fitch (1967:10) : He notes that otoliths are rare in southern California Pliocene and 
Pleistocene deposits. 
Referred Specimens in Fitch (1968:10) : In contrast to Fitch (1967), he states that otoliths are abundant in south¬ 
ern California Pliocene deposits. 
Referred Specimens in Fitch and Reimer (1967: fig . 9): From LACMIP locality 423 (= LACM locality 3245), 
Signal Hill (= Interstate 405 and Cherry Avenue, Long Beach), Fernando Formation, Plio-Pleistocene, Los 
Angeles County; one broken otolith. 
Referred Specimens in Zinsmeister (1970:124. table 1) : From LACMIP locality 471 (= LACM locality 3802), 
Upper Newport Bay (= Newport Back Bay Cliffs), Fernando Formation, Plio-Pleistocene, Orange County; 
