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

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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