Petralcinae
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Gaviiformes |
| Family: | Gaviidae |
| Subfamily: | †Petralcinae Mlíkovský, 1987 |
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Petralcinae is a subfamily of extinct loons from Lower Miocene strata of Austria.[1] The only genus in the subfamily is Petralca.[2] Originally thought to be the oldest representative of auk in Europe, it was reinterpreted as a member of Gaviiformes in 2017.[3]
References
- ^ Mlíkovský, J.; Kovar, J (1984). "Eine neue Alkenart (Aves: Alcidae) aus dem Ober-Oligozän Österreichs". Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien. Serie A für Mineralogie und Petrographie, Geologie und Paläontologie, Anthropologie und Prähistorie. 88: 131–147.
- ^ subfamily Petralcinae at Paleobiology Database.
- ^ Ursula B. Göhlich; Gerald Mayr (2017). "The alleged early Miocene Auk Petralca austriaca is a Loon (Aves, Gaviiformes): restudy of a controversial fossil bird". Historical Biology. 23: 1–8. doi:10.1080/08912963.2017.1333610.
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