Properca

Properca; Temporal range:
Scientific classification
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.¹²

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perches (family Percichthyidae), which are now present only in the Southern Hemisphere; however, this is based on an outdated treatment of the taxon.³⁴⁵ Other recent studies have placed it in the Percidae.⁵⁶

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

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.
"PBDB". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2024-03-28.
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.
Muzeum, Národní. "Lepidological review on the fish fauna of the Kučlín locality (Upper Eocene, Czech Republic)". National museum. Retrieved 2024-03-28.
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.
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.
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. hdl:11104/0270215. ISSN 1661-8734.

[sepkoskidb-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.

[:0-5] 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. hdl:11104/0270215. ISSN 1661-8734.

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