''Capitonides'' is an extinct piciform from the Middle Miocene of southern Germany. ''C. europaeus'' is the only species recorded for the genus. Carroll (1988) assigned the genus to family

Capitonidae New World barbets are near passerine birds from the family Capitonidae of the order Piciformes, which inhabit humid forests in Central and South America. They are closely related to the toucans. The New World barbets are plump birds, with short ...

.Carroll, R. L. ''Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution''. W. H Freeman Company, 1988.

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Piciformes Neogene birds of Europe Miocene birds Fossil taxa described in 1969 {{Paleo-bird-stub