Rupelramphastoides
Rupelramphastoides Temporal range:
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Piciformes |
Genus: | †Rupelramphastoides Mayr, 2005 |
Species: | †R. knopfi
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Binomial name | |
†Rupelramphastoides knopfi Mayr, 2005
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Rupelramphastoides is an extinct piciform from the Lower Oligocene of Central Europe (Germany). Only one species are recorded for genus, Rupelramphastoides knopfi, and it is classified "family incertae sedis", pending discovery of additional specimens.[1]
References[]
- ^ Mayr, G. 2005. A tiny barbet-like bird from the Lower Oligocene of Germany: the smallest species and earliest substantial fossil record of the Pici (Woopeckers and allies). The Auk 122 (4): 1055–1063.
Categories:
- Piciformes
- Oligocene birds
- Prehistoric birds of Europe
- Fossil taxa described in 2005
- Prehistoric bird stubs