Original genus name for aptychi
Parent taxon: Ammonoidea according to T. W. Stanton 1895
Sister taxa: Aequiloboidea, Agoniatitida, Ammonites hercules, Ammonites ludovicus, Ammonitida, Aulicostephanidae, Ceratitida, Clymeniida, Cornaptychus, Egrabensiceras, 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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