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Definition of Anaptychus

Anaptychus
Anaptychus An*ap"ty*chus, n.; pl. Anaptichi. [NL., fr. Gr. ? unfolding; ? back + ? to fold.] (Paleon.) One of a pair of shelly plates found in some cephalopods, as the ammonites.

Meaning of Anaptychus from wikipedia

- When only a single plate is present, as is sometimes the case, the term "anaptychus" is used. Aptychi seem to have most often existed as bilaterally-symmetrical...
- collectively termed the aptychus or aptychi in the case of a pair of plates, and anaptychus in the case of a single plate. The paired aptychi were symmetric to one...
- thornlike endings. Aptychi are single valved and concentrically striated (Anaptychus) The Lytoceratina, which constitute a suborder within the Ammonitida,...
- dorcadis Mössingen Ohmden Dotternhausen S**** A Lytoceratidae Ammonite. Anaptychus A. latexcisus Dotternhausen Dormettingen Mögglingen Boll Holzmaden Ohmden...
- †Amplexopora †Amplexopora pustulosa †Amplexopora robusta †Anaptychus – tentative report †Anaptychus emersoni †Anartiocystis †Anartiocystis foerstei †Anaspyroceras...