Capitonides
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| Capitonides Temporal range: | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| 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.[1] Carroll (1988) assigned the genus to family Capitonidae.[2]
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