Petralca

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. It is the only member of the Petralcinae subfamily.^[1] Originally thought to be the oldest representative of auk in Europe, it was reinterpreted as a member of Gaviiformes by Göhlich & Mayr (2018).^[2]

Petralca Temporal range: Oligocene - Miocene, 23.03–20.43 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Holotype specimen
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Gaviiformes
Family:	Gaviidae
Subfamily:	†Petralcinae Mlíkovský & Kovar, 1987
Genus:	†Petralca Mlíkovský & Kovar, 1987
Type species
†Petralca austriaca Mlíkovský, 1987