Original genus name for aptychi
Parent taxon: Ammonoidea according to T. W. Stanton 1895
Sister taxa: Aequiloboidea, Agoniatitida, Ammonitida, Aulicostephanidae, Ceratitida, Clymeniida, Cornaptychus, Ellipsolithes, Epimayites, Eubranoceras, Farbesiceras, Forbescieras, Globites, Gomimonomeroceras, Goniatitida, Laevaptychus, Laevicornaptychus, Lenticeratidae, Lilinthiceras, Lytoceratida, Lytocerida, Medlicottiida, Orbulites, Pelagus, Phylloceratida, Phylloceratitida, Phyllocerida, Planulites, Praeglyphioceratida, Prolecanitida, Pronoritida, Proplanulitidae, Psiloceratida, Ptychoceratoidea, Punctaptychus, Rugaptychus, Sidetes, Spinaptychus, Tornoceratida, Tornocerida, Trachyceratina, Tropitoidea, Yokoyamaceras
Subtaxa: Aptychus knoxvillensis
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Belgium (1 collection), Chile (1), France (1), Italy (1)
• Jurassic of Chile (3), Ethiopia (1), Italy (1), Madagascar (1), Poland (1)
Total: 11 collections including 12 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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