Capitonides

Extinct genus of birds

Capitonides Temporal range: Middle Miocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
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 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]

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.