Capitonides

From Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core
Jump to: navigation, search


Capitonides
Fossil
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Phylum:
Class:
Order:
Family:
Genus:
Capitonides

Ballmann, 1969
Species:
C. europeus
Binomial name
Capitonides europeus
Ballmann, 1969

Lua error in Module:Taxonbar/candidate at line 22: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).

Capitonides is an extinct genus of piciform from the Middle Miocene of southern Germany. Only one species are recorded for genus, Capitonites europaeus.[1] Carroll (1988) assigned the genus to family Capitonidae.[2]

References

  1. 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
  2. Carroll, R. L. Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution. W. H Freeman Company, 1988.

<templatestyles src="Asbox/styles.css"></templatestyles>