Biology:Rupelramphastoides
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Short description: Extinct genus of birds
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Piciformes |
| Genus: | †Rupelramphastoides Mayr, 2005 |
| Species: | †R. knopfi
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| †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 (Woodpeckers and allies). The Auk 122 (4): 1055–1063.
Wikidata ☰ Q7380231 entry
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