Petralca

Petralca
Temporal range: Oligocene - Miocene, 23.03–20.43 Ma
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

  1. 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.
  2. 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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