Uncites gryphus
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Uncites gryphus |
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in the Eisenstein of the Garkenholz and Holzberg pits near Rübeland and Hüttenrode in the Harz Mountains, Germany |
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Uncites gryphus , freely translated gripping claw, is a riffbewohnender representatives of the extinct genus Uncites family Uncitidae the root of brachiopods (brachiopods). He lived in the Middle Devonian period.
literature
- Emanuel Kayser: About the occurrence of Stringocephalus burtini , Uncites gryphus and Calceola sandalina in the iron stone of the Garkenholz and Holzberg pits near Rübeland and Hüttenrode in the Harz Mountains. In: Journal of the German Geological Society , Volume 32 Issue 3 (1880), p. 676-678