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Vertebrate paleofauna

Based on the Paleobiology Database:

Cartilaginous fish

Genus	Species	Location	Member	Material	Notes	Images
Carcharhinus	C. sp.	Leisure World			A requiem shark.
Carcharodon	C. arnoldi	Lompoc			A relative of the great white shark.
	C. hastalis
	C. planus	Leisure World
Cetorhinus	C. sp.	Leisure World			A relative of the basking shark.
Galeocerdo	G. aduncus	Aliso Viejo			A relative of the tiger shark.
Hexanchus	H. sp.				A sixgill shark.
Isurus	I. sp.				A mako shark.
Myliobatis sp.		Laguna Niguel, Leisure World			An eagle ray.
Otodus	O. megalodon	Altamira Shale, Laguna Niguel, Leisure World, El Toro	Altamira Shale, Lower		A megatooth shark, the megalodon.
Sphyrna	S. sp.	Laguna Niguel			A hammerhead shark.
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

Cetaceans

Genus	Species	Location	Member	Material	Notes	Images
Albicetus	A. oxymycterus	Santa Barbara			A physeteroid toothed whale.
Albireonidae indet.		Laguna Niguel			An albireonid toothed whale.
Atocetus	A. nasalis	Laguna Niguel			A kentriodontid toothed whale.
"Balaenoptera"	"B." ryani	Monterey Bay			A baleen whale of uncertain affinities.
Delphinapterinae indet.		Laguna Niguel			A relative of the beluga whale.
Delphinavus	D. newhalli	Suey Ranch			A delphinidan of uncertain affinities.
aff. Kampholophos	K. sp.	El Toro			A kentriodontid toothed whale.
Kogiidae indet.		Laguna Niguel			A relative of the dwarf sperm whales.
Liolithax	L. kernensis	El Toro, Leisure World			A kentriodontid toothed whale.
aff. Messapicetus	M. sp.	Laguna Niguel			A beaked whale.
Mixocetus	M. sp.	Laguna Niguel			A tranatocetid baleen whale.
Nannocetus	N. sp.	Laguna Niguel			A cetothere.
Norrisanima	N. miocaena	Lompoc			A stem-rorqual whale.
Piscolithax	P. tedfordi	Laguna Niguel			A porpoise.
Pithanodelphis	P. sp.	Laguna Niguel, El Toro			A kentriodontid toothed whale.
Salumiphocaena	S. stocktoni	Palos Verdes, El Toro	Valmonte		A porpoise.
Zarhinocetus	Z. errabundus	Aliso Viejo	Lower		An allodelphinid toothed whale.

Perissodactylans

Genus	Species	Location	Member	Material	Notes	Images
Pliohippus	P. sp.	El Toro			An equid.

Desmostylians

Genus	Species	Location	Member	Material	Notes	Images
Desmostylus	D. hesperus	Monterey Bay, San Luis Obispo, Solvang, Palos Verdes, Leisure World			A desmostylian.
Jamilcotatus	J. boreios	Santa Cruz Island			A desmostylian, not officially named.
Neoparadoxia	N. cecilialina	Mission Viejo			A paleoparadoxiid desmostylian.
Paleoparadoxia	P. sp.	Palos Verdes, Leisure World	Altamira Shale		A paleoparadoxiid desmostylian.

Carnivorans

Genus	Species	Location	Member	Material	Notes	Images
Allodesmus	A. cf. sinanoensis	Leisure World	Lower		A desmatophocid pinniped.
Atopotarus	A. courseni	Palos Verdes	Altamira		A desmatophocid pinniped.
Borophagus	B. sp.	El Toro			A borophagine canid.
Imagotaria	I. downsi	Lompoc, Laguna Niguel, Leisure World			An odobenid pinniped.
Monachinae indet.		Laguna Niguel			A monachine seal.
Pithanotaria	P. starri	Lompoc, Mission Viejo, Laguna Niguel			An eared seal.
Pontolis	P. barroni	Aliso Viejo			An odobenid pinniped.
	P. cf. magnus	Palos Verdes	Valmonte

Sirenians

Genus	Species	Location	Member	Material	Notes	Images
Dioplotherium	D. allisoni	El Toro	Lower		A dugongid related to the dugong.
Dusisiren	D. dewana		Upper		A dugongid related to Steller's sea cow.
	D. jordani	Lompoc, Moulton Ranch, Laguna Niguel, Leisure World
Metaxytherium	M. sp.	Leisure World			A dugongid.

Paleoflora

The Monterey Formation contains some of the few examples of fossilized non-calcareous algae in the world, which tend to be preserved in diatomite.

Brown algae

Genus	Species	Location	Member	Material	Notes	Images
Paleocystophora	P. subopposita				A brown algae, family Cystoseiraceae.
Paleohalidrys	P. californica				A brown algae, family Cystoseiraceae.
	P. occidentalis
	P. superba
Julescraneia	J. grandicornis				A kelp, family Lessoniaceae.

Plants (green and red algae)

Genus	Species	Location	Member	Material	Notes	Images
Caulerpites	C. denticulata				A green alga.
Chondrides	C. flexilis				A red alga.
Paleosiphonia	P. oppositiclada				A red alga.