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| Capitonides Temporal range: Middle Miocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Piciformes |
| Family: | Capitonidae |
| Genus: | †Capitonides Ballmann, 1969 |
| Species: | †C. europeus |
| Binomial name | |
| †Capitonides europeus Ballmann, 1969 | |
Capitonides is an extinct New World barbet from the Middle Miocene of southern Germany. C. europaeus is the only species recorded for the genus. Carroll (1988) assigned the genus to family Capitonidae.
References
- Ballman, P. 1969. A New Species of Fossil Barbet (Aves: Piciformes) from the Middle Miocene of the Nördlinger Ries (Southern Germany). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 3 (1): 43-48.Abstract
- Carroll, R. L. Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution. W. H Freeman Company, 1988.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Capitonides europeus | |
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