Capitonides

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]

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