Rupelramphastoides
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Extinct genus of birds
| Rupelramphastoides | |
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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
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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]
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