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.

References

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