''Rupelramphastoides'' is an extinct

piciform Nine families of largely arboreal birds make up the order Piciformes , the best-known of them being the Picidae, which includes the woodpeckers and close relatives. The Piciformes contain about 71 living genera with a little over 450 species, ...

from the Lower

Oligocene The Oligocene ( ) is a geologic epoch of the Paleogene Period and extends from about 33.9 million to 23 million years before the present ( to ). As with other older geologic periods, the rock beds that define the epoch are well identified but ...

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(Germany). Only one species are recorded for genus, ''Rupelramphastoides knopfi'', and it is classified "family ''

incertae sedis ' () or ''problematica'' is a term used for a taxonomic group where its broader relationships are unknown or undefined. Alternatively, such groups are frequently referred to as "enigmatic taxa". In the system of open nomenclature, uncertain ...

''", pending discovery of additional specimens.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). ''

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'' 122 (4): 1055–1063.

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Piciformes Oligocene birds Prehistoric birds of Europe Fossil taxa described in 2005 {{Paleo-bird-stub