Uncites
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| Fossil specimen of Uncites gryphus from Germany, Devonian age | |
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| 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
[edit]- 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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