Capitonides
Capitonides is an extinct piciform from the Middle Miocene of southern Germany. C. europaeus is the only species recorded for the genus.[1] Carroll (1988) assigned the genus to family Capitonidae.[2]
| Capitonides Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Piciformes |
| Family: | Capitonidae |
| Genus: | †Capitonides Ballmann, 1969 |
| Species: | †C. europeus |
| Binomial name | |
| †Capitonides europeus Ballmann, 1969 | |
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.
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