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Extinct genus of ray-finned fishes

Properca
Temporal range: Middle Paleocene to Miocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Clade: Percomorpha
Genus: †Properca
Sauvage, 1880
Species
  • P. angusta (Agassiz, 1836)
  • P. prisca (Agassiz, 1834)
Synonyms
  • Bilinia Obrhelová, 1971

Properca is an extinct genus of marine percomorph ray-finned fish that lived in Europe throughout much of the Cenozoic, from the Paleocene to the Miocene epochs.

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perches (family Percichthyidae), which are now present only in the Southern Hemisphere; however, this is based on an outdated treatment of the taxon. Other recent studies have placed it in the Percidae.

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. Further revision of the genus is likely necessary.

References

  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. ^ 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.
Taxon identifiers
Bilinia


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