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Capitonides

Capitonides
Fossil
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 genus of piciform from the Middle Miocene of southern Germany. Only one species are recorded for genus, Capitonites europaeus. Carroll (1988) assigned the genus to family Capitonidae.


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