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Extinct genus of brachiopods

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

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.

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