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Genus t Eriquius Jordan 1924 
^Eriquius plectrodes Jordan 1924 
Figure 89 
Selected Synonymy & References 
■fEriquius plectrodes Jordan 1924:44-45, pi. H. 
t Eriquius plectrodes Jordan: Jordan 1925:30-31, pi. 15 (restoration). 
■[Eriquius plectrodes Jordan: David 1943:143-144; text-fig. 28. 
■\Eriscelespristinus Jordan 1925:33-34, pi. 17: David 1943:143. 
Type Specimen : f Erisceles plectrodes Jordan 1924, holotype, CAS 70084 (SU 204, 602), right counterpart 
(pi. H) (see Remarks). Sparidae. 
Ty pe Locality : Lompoc, Monterey Formation, Late Miocene, Santa Barbara County. 
Referred Specimens: None. 
Referred Specimens in Jordan (1925J : None. Gives a detailed description of the holotype and presents a 
restoration (pi. 15) of the species. Sparidae. 
Holotype and Referred Sp ecimen of f E. pristinus reidentified as t E. plectrodes in David (1943): From type 
locality: holotype, CAS 70085 (SU 205, 751), partial left counterpart; CAS 55605 (SU 218,610), partial 
right counterpart (fig. 28 in part). Embiotocidae. 
Remarks : The type specimen in Jordan (1924:45, pi. H) is shown upside down. 
Figure 89. -■ Eriquiusplectrodes Jordan 1924, holotype, CAS 70084 (from color image provided by CAS); scale bar equals 5 cm. 
Genus Hysterocarpus Gibbons 1854 
Hysterocarpus traskii Gibbons 1854 
Selected References (fossils only) 
Hysterocarpus traskii Gibbons: Casteel 1978:294 
Type Specimen : Extant, Hysterocarpus traskii Gibbons, no type known (Eschmeyer 1998:1690). 
Type Locality : Sacramento Bay or Sacramento River, California (Eschmeyer 1998: 1690). 
Referred Specimens in Casteel (1978:294) : He mentions (without a citation) that H traskii is known from the 
Cache Formation, Plio-Pleistocene, Lake County. Most likely he is referring to the specimens listed below 
as Hystet‘ocarpus cf. H. traskii. 
