Petralcinae

Petralcinae; Temporal range: Lower Miocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Holotype specimen of Petralca
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Gaviiformes
Family:	Gaviidae
Subfamily:	†Petralcinae; Mlíkovský, 1987
Genera
	†Petralca;

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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[1] 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.

[2] subfamily Petralcinae at Paleobiology Database.

[3] 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.