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Cartilaginous fish

Genus	Species	Location	Member	Material	Notes	Images
Carcharodon	C. hastalis	Lompoc			A relative of the great white shark.
	C. arnoldi
Strongyliscus	S. robustus	Lompoc			A bullhead shark.

Bony fish

Based on Fierstine et al (2012) and the Paleobiology Database. A majority of these are preserved in diatomite, with many, especially the most complete ones, recovered from a diatomaceous earth mine at Lompoc.

Genus	Species	Location	Member	Material	Notes	Images
Acipenseridae indet.		Mission Viejo		Disarticulated partial skeleton.	A sturgeon of uncertain affinities.
Achrestogrammus	A. achrestus	Lompoc		Articulated partial skeleton	A presumed greenling.
Araeosteus	A. rothi	Lompoc		Articulated skeletons	A relative of the prowfish.
Argyropelecus	A. affinis		Valmonte Diatomite	Articulated skeletons, whereabouts uncertain	The modern Pacific hatchetfish.
	A. bullockii	Lompoc		Articulated skeletons	A marine hatchetfish.
Bathylagus	B. angelensis	Bairdstown, El Modena, Lompoc		Articulated skeletons	A deep-sea smelt.
Bolbocara	B. gyrinus	Lompoc		Articulated skeleton	A grenadier.
Chauliodus	C. eximius	Lompoc		Articulated skeletons	A viperfish.
Cyclothone (=Rogenio)	C. cf. solitudinis	Bairdstown		Articulated skeleton	A bristlemouth.
	C. sp.	El Modena
Cynoscion	C. eprepes	Lompoc		Partial articulated skeletons	A weakfish.
Decapterus	D. hopkinsi			Articulated skeletons	A mackerel scad.
Drimys	D. defensor		Lompoc	Articulated skeleton	A barracudina.
Eclipes	E. cf. extensus		Altamira Shale	Articulated skeletons	A cod.
	E. manni	Lompoc
	E. veternus	El Modena
Emmachere	E. rhachites	Lompoc		Articulated skeletons.	A goosefish.
Eoscorpius	E. primaevus	Bairdstown		Lost partial skeleton	A presumed sablefish, but potentially a scombrid.
Etringus	E. sp.		Altamira Shale	Scales	A herring.
Eriquius	E. plectrodes	Lompoc		Articulated skeleton.	A surfperch.
Eritima	E. evides	Bairdstown		Articulated skeleton.	A cardinalfish.
Euleptorhamphus	E. peronides	Lompoc		Articulated skeletons.	A halfbeak. Attribution to Euleptorhamphus doubted.
Euzaphleges	E. longurio	Lompoc		Articulated skeletons.	A euzaphlegid scombroid.
Evesthes	E. jordani	Lompoc		Articulated skeletons.	A large-tooth flounder.
Forfex	F. hypuralis	Pine Canyon		Articulated skeleton	A forficid beloniform.
Ganoessus	G. clepsydra	El Modena		Articulated skeleton.	A herring.
	G. michaelis		Buttle	Articulated skeleton.
Ganolytes	G. aratus	Lompoc		Articulated skeleton.	A herring.
Gasterosteus	G. aculeatus	Lompoc		Articulated skeletons.	The modern three-spined stickleback.
Hexagrammidae indet.		Lompoc		Lost headless skeleton	A greenling.
Hippoglossoides	H. pristinus	Lompoc		Articulated skeleton	A righteye flounder.
Hipposyngnathus	H. imporcitor	Lompoc		Articulated skeletons	A pipefish.
Ioscion	I. morgani	Lompoc		Lost partial articulated skeleton	An ioscionid percomorph, potential carangid affinities.
Istiophoridae indet.				Predentary	A marlin of uncertain affinities.
Lampanyctus (=Engraulites)	L. remifer	Lompoc		Articulated skeletons.	A lanternfish, formerly considered an anchovy.
Lampanyctinae indet.		Lompoc		Articulated skeleton	A lanternfish.
Lampris	L. zatima	Lompoc, El Capitan Beach		Articulated partial skeletons	A relative of the opah.
Lirosceles	L. elegans	Lompoc		Articulated skeleton	A cottid sculpin.
Lompoquia	L. culveri	Lompoc		Articulated skeleton	A drumfish.
	L. retropes
Makaira	M. nigricans (sensu lato)			Rostral fragment	The modern blue marlin.
Megalops	?M. vigilax (=Starrias ischyrus)	Lompoc		Articulated partial skeleton	A tarpon.
Molidae indet.					An ocean sunfish.
Ocystias	O. sagitta	Lompoc		Lost articulated skeleton	A scombrid.
Ophiodon	O. ozymandias	Lompoc		Partial articulated segment	A relative of the lingcod.
Opisthonema	O. palosverdensis		Altamira Shale	Articulated skeleton	A thread herring.
Ozymandias	O. gilberti	Lompoc		Vertebral segment, skull	A scombrid.
Paralichthys	P. antiquus	Lompoc		Head, body fragment	A large-tooth flounder.
Plectrites	P. classeni	Lompoc		Articulated skeletons	A seabream.
Pleuronichthys	P. veliger	Lompoc		Articulated skeleton	A righteye flounder.
Protanthias	P. fossilis	Lompoc		Articulated skeleton	An anthias.
Pseudoseriola	P. sanctaeineziae	Lompoc		Articulated skeleton	A relative of the bluefish.
Quaesita	Q. quisquilia	El Modena		Articulated skeletons	A deep-sea smelt.
Quisque	Q. gilberti	El Modena		Slab with numerous articulated skeletons.	A herring.
Rythmias	R. starri	Lompoc		Articulated skeletons	A seabream.
Sarda	S. stockii	Lompoc		Lost partial skeleton	A bonito.
Scomber	S. cf. japonicus (=Turio wilburi, T. culveri, Thyrsion velox, Pneumatophorus cf. grex)	Lompoc		Articulated skeletons	A true mackerel, tentatively referred to the modern chub mackerel.
	S. sanctaemonicae (=Auxides sanctaemonicae)	Brown's Canyon		Partial articulated skeleton	A true mackerel.
Scomberessus	S. acutillus	El Modena		Articulated skeletons.	A saury, possibly conspecific with Scomberesox edwardsi.
Scorpaena	S. ensiger	El Modena		Articulated skeletons	A scorpionfish.
Scorpaenidae indet. (=Lutjanus hagari)		El Modena		Articulated skeleton	A scorpionfish, potentially in Stereolepis.
Sebastes	S. apostates	Lompoc		Articulated skeletons	A rockfish.
	S. davidi
	S. defunctus
	S. ineziae
	S. longirostris
	S. porteousi
	S. thermophilus
	S. velox
Sebastinus	S. sp.	Lompoc		Lost specimen	A rockfish.
Seriola	S. sanctaebarbarae	Lompoc		Articulated skeletons	An amberjack.
Syngnathus	S. avus	Bairdstown, El Modena		Articulated skeletons	A pipefish.
Thyrsocles	T. kriegeri	Lompoc		Articulated skeletons	A euzaphlegid.
Thunnus	T. starksi	Lompoc		Articulated skeleton, head fragment	A tuna.
	T. sp.		Altamira Shale	Articulated skeleton, fragments
Trossulus	?T. exoletus	Lompoc		Lost articulated skeletons	A presumed euzaphlegid.
Tunita	T. octavia	El Modena		Partial articulated skeleton	A scombrid.
Xestias	X. iratus	Lompoc		Skull, articulated skeleton	A scombrid.
Xyne	X. grex	Lompoc		Multiple slabs with numerous articulated skeletons	A herring, known from huge fossilized mass mortality assemblages of spawning individuals.
Xyrinius	X. barbarae	Carpenteria		Lost skeletons	A herring that may be potentially conspecific with Xyne grex. It is uncertain whether X. houshi is from the Monterey Formation.
	X. elmodenae	El Modena
	?X. houshi
Zanteclites	Z. hubbsi	Bairdstown		Articulated skeleton	A Neotropical silverside.
Zelosis	Z. hadleyi	El Modena		Articulated skeleton	A halfbeak.

Birds

Based on the Paleobiology Database:

Genus	Species	Location	Member	Material	Notes	Images
Aethia	A. rossmoori		Lower		An auklet.
Alcodes	A. ulnulus		Lower		A Lucas auk.
Cerorhinca	C. dubia	Lompoc			A relative of the rhinoceros auklet.
	C. sp.		Lower
Diomedea	D. sp.				A great albatross.
Fulmarus	F. hammeri		Lower		A fulmar.
Gavia	G. brodkorbi				A loon.
Limosa	L. vanrossemi	Lompoc			A godwit.
Morus	M. lompocanus	Lompoc, Monterey			A gannet.
	M. magnus
	M. media (=Miosula)	Lompoc
	M. willetti (=Sula willetti)	Lompoc
Microsula	M. sp.		Lower		A sulid.
Miomancalla	M. wetmorei				A Lucas auk.
Oceanodroma	O. sp.				A storm petrel.
Osteodontornis	O. orri	Tepusquet Creek			A pseudotooth bird.
Palaeoscinis	P. turdirostris	Tepusquet Creek		Articulated skeleton	A songbird.
Phoebastria	P. anglica				A North Pacific albatross.
Procellaridae indet.		Tepusquet Creek			A tubenose of uncertain affinities.
Praemancalla	P. lagunensis		Lower		A Lucas auk.
Presbychen	P. abavus		Lower		A goose.
Puffinus	P. barnesi				A shearwater.
	P. calhouni		Lower
	P. diatomicus	Lompoc
	P. priscus		Lower
Uria	U. brodkorbi	Lompoc		Articulated skeleton.	A murre.

Reptiles

Based on the Paleobiology Database:

Genus	Species	Location	Member	Material	Notes	Images
Crocodylia indet.					A crocodilian of uncertain affinities.
aff. Dermochelys	D. sp.		Lower		A potential relative of the leatherback turtle.
Psephophorus	P. sp.		Lower		A dermochelyid sea turtle.

Mammals

Based on the Paleobiology Database:

Genus	Species	Location	Member	Material	Notes	Images
Albicetus	A. oxymycterus	Santa Barbara			A physeteroid toothed whale.
Allodesmus	A. cf. sinanoensis		Lower		A desmatophocid pinniped.
Atopotarus	A. courseni	Palos Verdes	Altamira		A desmatophocid pinniped.
"Balaenoptera"	"B." ryani	Monterey Bay			A baleen whale of uncertain affinities.
Cetotheriidae indet.					A cetothere.
Delphinavus	D. newhalli	Suey Ranch			A delphinidan of uncertain affinities.
Desmostylus	D. hesperus	Monterey Bay, San Luis Obispo, Solvang, Palos Verdes			A desmostylian.
Dioplotherium	D. allisoni		Lower		A dugongid related to the dugong.
Dusisiren	D. jordani	Lompoc, Moulton Ranch			A dugongid related to Steller's sea cow.
Imagotaria	I. downsi	Lompoc			An odobenid pinniped.
Jamilcotatus	J. boreios	Santa Cruz Island			A desmostylian, not officially named.
Neoparadoxia	N. cecilialina	Mission Viejo			A paleoparadoxiid desmostylian.
Norrisanima	N. miocaena	Lompoc			A stem-rorqual whale.
Paleoparadoxia	P. sp.	Palos Verdes	Altamira Shale		A paleoparadoxiid desmostylian.
Pithanotaria	P. starri	Lompoc, Mission Viejo			An eared seal.
Pontolis	P. barroni	Aliso Viejo			An odobenid pinniped.
	P. cf. magnus	Palos Verdes	Valmonte
Salumiphocaena	S. stocktoni	Palos Verdes, El Toro	Valmonte		A porpoise.
Zarhinocetus	Z. errabundus	Aliso Viejo	Lower		An allodelphinid toothed whale.