Properca

Properca
Temporal range: Middle Paleocene to Miocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Superfamily: Percoidea
Genus: Properca
Sauvage, 1880
Species
  • P. angusta (Agassiz, 1836)
  • P. prisca (Agassiz, 1834)
Synonyms
  • Bilinia Obrhelová, 1971

Properca is an extinct genus of prehistoric marine perciform fish that lived in Europe throughout much of the Cenozoic, from the Paleocene to the Miocene epochs.[1][2]

It is often placed with the southern perches (family Percichthyidae), which are now present only in the Southern Hemisphere; however, this is based on an outdated treatment of the taxon.[3][4][5] Other recent studies have placed it in the Percidae.[5][6]

The following species are known:

  • P. angusta (Agassiz, 1836) - Middle-Late Paleocene of France, mid-Miocene of Bulgaria
  • P. prisca (Agassiz, 1834) - Late Eocene of the Czech Republic (syn: Bilinia uraschista Obrhelová, 1971)

The species Properca sabbai has been reclassified into the genus Repropca in the extinct family Repropcidae.[7] Further revision of the genus is likely necessary.[5]

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Archived from the original on 20 February 2009. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
  2. ^ "PBDB". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2024-03-28.
  3. ^ Wedmann, S.; Uhl, D.; Lehmann, T.; Garrouste, R.; Nel, A.; Gomez, B.; Smith, K.; Schaal, S. F. K. (2018). "The Konservat-Lagerstätte Menat (Paleocene; France) – an overview and new insights". Geologica Acta: An International Earth Science Journal. 16 (2): 189–213.
  4. ^ Muzeum, Národní. "Lepidological review on the fish fauna of the Kučlín locality (Upper Eocene, Czech Republic)". National museum. Retrieved 2024-03-28.
  5. ^ a b c Friedman, Matt; V. Andrews, James; Saad, Hadeel; El-Sayed, Sanaa (2023-06-16). "The Cretaceous–Paleogene transition in spiny-rayed fishes: surveying "Patterson's Gap" in the acanthomorph skeletal record André Dumont medalist lecture 2018". Geologica Belgica. doi:10.20341/gb.2023.002. ISSN 1374-8505.
  6. ^ Hristova, Raina; Dimitrov, Dimitar (2018). "A New Find of Properca angusta (Agassiz) (Pisces) in Euxinograd Formation – Miocene (Sarmatian), Varna Region, Bulgaria". Comptes rendus de l'Académie bulgare des Sciences. 71 (4). Retrieved 2024-03-28.
  7. ^ Přikryl, Tomáš; Kania, Iwona; Krzemiński, Wiesław (2016-12-01). "Synopsis of fossil fish fauna from the Hermanowa locality (Rupelian; Central Paratethys; Poland): current state of knowledge". Swiss Journal of Geosciences. 109 (3): 429–443. doi:10.1007/s00015-016-0216-5. ISSN 1661-8734.