Rupelramphastoides

Rupelramphastoides
Fossil
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Piciformes
Family: incertae sedis
Genus: †Rupelramphastoides
Mayr, 2005
Species: †R. knopfi
Binomial name
Rupelramphastoides knopfi
Mayr, 2005

Rupelramphastoides is an extinxt genus of 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 (Woopeckers and allies). The Auk 122 (4): 1055–1063.
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