Uncites

Uncites
	Fossil specimen of Uncites gryphus from Germany, Devonian age
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Brachiopoda
Class:	Rhynchonellata
Order:	Athyridida
Superfamily:	Uncitoidea
Family:	Uncitidae
Genus:	Uncites; Defrance, 1828

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Uncites is an extinct genus of brachiopods in the family Uncitidae. This genus includes spire-bearing brachiopod with a rostrate ventral valve. A typical species is Uncites gryphus from the Middle Devonian in Germany.

References

Paleobiology Database
R. T. Becker,W. T. Kirchgasser Devonian Events and Correlations
Thomas Davidson British Fossil Brachiopoda
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

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