Petralca
Petralca | |
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Holotype specimen | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Gaviiformes |
Family: | Gaviidae |
Subfamily: | †Petralcinae |
Genus: | †Petralca |
Type species | |
†Petralca austriaca Mlíkovský, 1987 |
Petralca is an extinct genus of loon found in Oligocene and Miocene deposits of Austria. The type and only species, Petralca austriaca, was described in 1987.[1] It was originally described as an auk but was reinterpreted as a member of Gaviiformes by Göhlich & Mayr (2018).[2]
References
- ↑ Jiří Mlíkovský (1987). "Eine Neue Alkenart (Aves: Alcidae) aus dem Ober-Oligozän Österreichs" (PDF). Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien. Ser. A. 88: 131–147.
- ↑ Ursula B. Göhlich; Gerald Mayr (2018). "The alleged early Miocene Auk Petralca austriaca is a Loon (Aves, Gaviiformes): restudy of a controversial fossil bird". Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology. in press: 1. doi:10.1080/08912963.2017.1333610.
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