Capitonides | |
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Fossil
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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 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.