Biology:Properca

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perches (family Percichthyidae), which are now present only in the Southern Hemisphere; however, this is based on an outdated treatment of the taxon.[3][4][5] Other recent studies have placed it in the Percidae.[5][6]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

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. https://web.archive.org/web/20090220223520/http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=611&rank=class. Retrieved 2009-02-27. 
  2. "PBDB". https://paleobiodb.org/classic/basicTaxonInfo?taxon_no=65848. 
  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" (in en). Geologica Acta: An International Earth Science Journal 16 (2): 189–213. https://www.redalyc.org/journal/505/50558853005/html/. 
  4. Muzeum, Národní. "Lepidological review on the fish fauna of the Kučlín locality (Upper Eocene, Czech Republic)". https://publikace.nm.cz/en/. 
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 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" (in en). Geologica Belgica. doi:10.20341/gb.2023.002. ISSN 1374-8505. https://popups.uliege.be/1374-8505/index.php?id=7048. 
  6. Hristova, Raina; Dimitrov, Dimitar (2018). "A New Find of Properca angusta (Agassiz) (Pisces) in Euxinograd Formation – Miocene (Sarmatian), Varna Region, Bulgaria" (in en). Comptes rendus de l'Académie bulgare des Sciences 71 (4). https://www.proceedings.bas.bg/DOI/doi2018_4_10.html. 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" (in en). Swiss Journal of Geosciences 109 (3): 429–443. doi:10.1007/s00015-016-0216-5. ISSN 1661-8734. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00015-016-0216-5. 

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