Rupelramphastoides

Extinct genus of birds

Rupelramphastoides
Temporal range: Lower Oligocene
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Piciformes
Genus: Rupelramphastoides
Mayr, 2005
Species:
R. knopfi
Binomial name
Rupelramphastoides knopfi
Mayr, 2005

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

  1. ^ 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 (Woodpeckers and allies). The Auk 122 (4): 1055–1063.
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Rupelramphastoides knopfi


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