Uncites
Extinct genus of brachiopods
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Uncites is an extinct genus of brachiopods in the monogeneric family Uncitidae.[1] Representatives of this genus are known from Middle Devonian deposits in Europe and Asia.[2]
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| Fossil specimen of Uncites gryphus from Devonian Germany | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Brachiopoda |
| Class: | Rhynchonellata |
| Order: | †Athyridida |
| Superfamily: | †Uncitoidea d'Orbigny, 1847 |
| Family: | †Uncitidae d'Orbigny, 1847 |
| Genus: | †Uncites Defrance, 1825 |
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