Uncites | |
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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 |
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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