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Selected Synonymy & References 
1 Ab antis velifer Jordan and Gilbert in Jordan 1925:45-47, pis. 20b, 21 (restoration). 
■\Absalomichthys velifer (Jordan and Gilbert): Whitley 1933:146. 
fAbsalomichthys velifer (Jordan and Gilbert): David 1943:22-24, text-fig. 5, pi. 3. 
Type Specimen : ^Abantis velifer Jordan and Gilbert in Jordan 1925, holotype, CAS 55462 (SU 690,161), left 
counterpart. Elephenoridae. 
Type Locality : Santa Monica Mountains, Modelo Formation, Late Miocene, near Van Nuys, Los Angeles 
County. 
Referred Specimens : None. 
Referred Specimens in David (1943:22-24. text-fig. 5. pi. 3) : From LACM (CIT) locality 317, Santa Monica 
Mountains, Modelo Formation, Late Miocene, Los Angeles County; two specimens with whereabouts 
unknown, numbers 3 of the Layton collection, right counterpart (pi. 3) and number 4 of the Layton col¬ 
lection, left counterpart (text-fig. 5). 
Remarks : Whitley (1933:146) found -fAbaittis Jordan and Gilbert (1925c) to be a junior synonym because it 
was preoccupied in two genera of insects. He proposed the replacement name fA bsalomichthys. 
Figure 77. fAbsalomichthys velifer (Jordan and Gilbert in Jordan 1925), holotype, CAS 55462 (from color image provided by 
CAS); scale bar equals 1 cm. 
Genus f Chalcidichthys David 1943 
t Chalcidichthys malacopterygius David 1943 
Figure 78 
Type Specimen : f Chalcidichthys malacopterygius David (1943:25-27, pi. 2, fig. 2), holotype, LACM (CIT) 
10228, right counteipart Caristiidae. 
Type Locality : LACM (CIT) locality 317, Santa Monica Mountains, Modelo Foimation, Late Miocene, Los 
Angeles County. 
Paratvpe : From type locality: number 2 of Layton collection, right counterpart, whereabouts unknown. 
