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Genus Hippoglossoides Gottsche 1835 
^Hippoglossoides pristinus (Jordan 1927a) 
Figure 103 
Selected Synonymy & References 
■flsomma pristinum Jordan 1927a: 10-11, pi. 3. 
^^Hippoglossoides {Isomma) pristinus (Jordan): David 1943:168. 
flsomma pristina (Jordan 1927a): Chanet and Schultz 1994:102. 
Type Specimen : iIsomma pristinum Jordan 1927a, holotype, CAS 70081 (SU 450,200), left counterpart. 
Type Locality : Lompoc, Monterey Formation, Late Miocene, Santa Barbara County. 
Referred Specimens : None. 
Remarks : Chanet and Schultz (1994:102) mentioned, without comment, that f Isomma pristina (Jordan 1927a) 
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. 
Figure 103. t Hippoglossoides pristinus (Jordan 1927a), holotype, CAS 70081 (from color image provided by CAS); scale bar 
equals 3 cm. 
Genus Lyopsetta Jordan and Goss in Jordan 1885 
Lyopsetta exilis (Jordan and Gilbert 1880c) 
Selected Synonymy & References 
Hippoglossoides exilis Jordan and Gilbert 1880c: 154. 
Lyopsetta exilis (Jordan and Gilbert): Fitch 1967:11. 
Lyopsetta exilis (Jordan and Gilbert): Fitch and Reimer 1967:79, 83-84, table 1, fig. 21 . 
Lyopsetta exilis (Jordan and Gilbert): Fitch 1968:12. 
Lyopsetta exilis (Jordan and Gilbert): Zinsmeister 1970:124, table 1. 
Lyopsetta exilis (Jordan and Gilbert): Nolf 1985:104. 
Type Specimen : Extant, Hippoglossoides exilis Jordan and Gilbert 1880c, syntype, ANSP 8721 and up to 100 
others at various depositories (Eschmeyer 1998:554). 
Type Locality : Between the Golden Gate Bridge and Point Reyes, California. 
Referred Specimens in Fitch (1967:11) : No specific specimens. He states that otoliths of L. exilis have been 
