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Referred Specimens of Makaira sp. in Fierstine (T974J : Same as entry above, from LACM locality 65119: 
LACM 16074, predentary. 
Referred Specimens of Istiophoridae genus and species undetermined in Fierstine 12000 : Same as entry 
above, from LACM locality 65119: LACM 16074, predentary. 
Referred Specimens of Istiophoridae genus and species undetermined in Atterholt et al. 12007) : FromABDSP 
locality V8005, Yuha Member, Deguynos Formation, mid-Pliocene, San Diego County; ABDSP 2813, 
precaudal vertebra. 
Distribution of Neogene Istiophoridae genus and species undetermined outside of California : Yorktown 
Formation, Early Pliocene, North Carolina, U.S.A. (Fierstine 2001). 
Order Pleuronectiformes 
Family Paralichthyidae 
Genus Paralichthys Girard 1858 
f Paralichthys antiquus (Jordan 1924) 
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Selected Synonymy & References 
\ Hippoglossus antiquus Jordan 1924:43, pi. b. 
^Vorator antiquus (Jordan): Jordan 1925:17, pis. 8, 9. 
f Paralichthys ( Vorator ) antiquus (Jordan): David 1943:164. 
f Vorator (= Hippoglossoides) antiquus (Jordan 1925): Chanet and Schultz 1994: 102. 
Type Specimen : f Hippoglossus antiquus Jordan 1924, neotype, CAS 55478 (SU 609, 196), head of right 
counterpart. Jordan (1924) recognized SU 153 (603), body fragment of left counterpart as the holotype, 
but since its whereabouts is unknown, we establish the only other known specimen, CAS 55478, as a neo¬ 
type (see Remarks). 
Referred Specimens in Jordan (4924) : CAS 55478 (SU 609,196), head of right counterpart. 
Type Locality : Lompoc, Monterey Formation, Late Miocene, Santa Barbara County. 
Referred Specimens in David (T943J : None, however she noted there is a small specimen from a locality in 
Southern California. No other information was given. 
Remarks : Jordan (1925) assigned SU 609 as the type for the genus f Vorator and SU 603 as the type species 
of f K antiquus. David (1943) mistakenly listed CAS 55478 (SU 609, 196) as the holotype. Chanet and 
Schultz (1994:102) mentioned, without comment, that f Vorator (= Hippoglossoides) antiquus (Jordan 
1925) was present in the Monterey Formation (Middle Miocene) of California, but they did not cite David 
(1943), thus we treat David as the last reviser. 
Paralichthys californicus (Ayres 1859) 
Selected References 
Paralichthys californicus (Ayres 1859): Fitch and Reimer 1967:79, 82, 84, table 1, fig. 20. 
?Paralichthys californicus (Ayres): Fitch and Lavenberg 1971:39. 
Type Specimen : Extant, Hippoglossus californicus Ayres, no types known (Eschmeyer 1998:309). 
Type Locality : San Francisco Bay, California. 
Referred Specimens in Fitch and Reimer (T967J : From LACMIP locality 423 (= LACM locality 3245), Signal 
Hill (= Interstate 405 and Cherry Avenue, Long Beach), Fernando Formation, Plio-Pleistocene, Los 
Angeles County; three otoliths (one shown in fig. 4). Bothidae. 
Referred Specimens in Fitch and Lavenberg (1971:39) : Otoliths of Paralichthys have been found in Miocene 
deposits near Bakersfield, California, but they may not be from P. californicus. 
Remarks : According to Powell (1998:70-71), LACMIP locality 423 (= LACM locality 3245) is in Pleistocene 
strata, therefore a Pliocene record of P. californicus from this locality is questionable. 
