Aptychus
Synonym: Trigonellites Parkinson 1811
Parent taxon: Cephalopoda according to Z. Vasicek and P. Faupl 1996
See also Arkell et al. 1957
Sister taxa: Actinoceratoidea, Akidocheilus, Ammonoidea, Anomalosaepiidae, Avramidiscus, Bactritoidea, Barrandeocerida, Belosaepia, Burronoceras, Coleoidea, Dartoceras, Davidiceras, Desmoceras, Didymoceras, Ectocochlia, Ellesmerocerida, Endoceratoidea, Endocycloceratidae, Erlangericheilus, Gonatocheilus, Hadrocheilus, Irianoceras, Leptocheilus, Mesoteuthoidea, Multiceratoidea, Nautilia, Nautiloidea, Nautilus (Solenochilus), Ohioceratidae, Orthoceratoidea, Orthoceratoidea, Palaeoteuthis, Plectronoceratia, Plectronocerida, Rhyncholithes, Rhynchoteuthis, Robsonoceratidae, Scaptorrhynchus, Sichunoceras, Stemtonoceratidae, Tarphyceratia, Teratoceroides, Tetrabranchiata, Tillicheilus, Toxancyloceras, Werthenoceras, Yanhecerida
Subtaxa: Solennites Trigonellites latus
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Austria (7 collections), Azerbaijan (1), the Czech Republic (3), Poland (5), Romania (1), Slovakia (2), Spain (1), Ukraine (1), United States (1: North Carolina)
• Jurassic of Antarctica (1), Azerbaijan (3), Cuba (3), France (2), Germany (2), Iraq (1), Madagascar (1), the Russian Federation (1), Somalia (1), the United Kingdom (1), Yemen (1)
Total: 39 collections including 51 occurrences
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