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locality 130, 332 and others) and the Pliocene LACMIP locality 435 (= LACM locality 3065, 3759), 
Miraleste Canyon, Lomita Marl Formation, Los Angeles County. He concluded that S. politus was pres¬ 
ent in most all Pleistocene sites as well as LACMIP locality 435. No specific specimens were mentioned 
(see Remarks). 
Referred Specimens in Fitch and Reimer (1967") : From LACMIP locality 423 (= LACM locality 3245), Signal 
Hill (= Interstate 405 and Cherry Avenue, Long Beach), Fernando Formation, Plio-Pleistocene, Los 
Angeles County; 271 otoliths. 
Referred Specimens in Fitch (1968:14") : He makes the same general statement as in Fitch (1967:13). 
Referred Specimens in Zinsmeister (1970:124. table IV From LACMIP locality 471 (= LACM locality 3802), 
Upper Newport Bay (= Newport Back Bay Cliffs), Fernando Formation, Plio-Pleistocene, 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 Specimens in Nolf (1985:89) : He notes that Fitch (1967) reported otoliths of 5. politus from the 
Pliocene of California. 
Remarks : According to Powell (1998:70-71), LACMIP locality 423 (= LACM locality 3245) is in Pleistocene 
strata, therefore a Pliocene record of £ politus from this locality is questionable. LACMIP locality 435 
(Lomita Marl), a locality considered Pliocene by Fitch (1967), is now considered of Pleistocene age (Blake 
1991; Dibblee 1999), therefore any records of S. politus from this locality are erroneous. 
Genus Totoaba Villamar 1980 
t Totoaba fitchi Huddleston and Takeuchi 2007: 7-11, figs. 4, 5 
Figure 85 
Type Specimen : f Totoaba fitchi Huddleston and Takeuchi 2007, holotype, LACM 151552, left saccular otolith 
(fig- 4). 
Type Locality : LACM locality 6602, upper Olcese Sand, part of the Temblor Group, late Early Miocene, south¬ 
eastern San Joaquin Basin, Kern County. 
Paratvpe : LACM 151553, incomplete posterior right saccular otolith (not figured). 
Referred Specimens : LACM 151554-151556, left saccular otoliths; LACM 151557; incomplete posterior left 
saccular otolith; LACM 151558, incomplete posterior right saccular otolith (fig. 5). 
Figure 85. ^Totoaba fitchi Huddleston and Takeuchi 2007, holotype, LACM 151552, [from image provided by Gary Takeuchi 
(LACM)]; scale bar equals 5 mm. 
