- An
aptychus is a type of
marine fossil. It is a hard
anatomical structure, a sort of
curved s****y plate, now
understood to be part of the body of an ammonite...
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postulated to have been a jaw apparatus. The
plates are
collectively termed the
aptychus or
aptychi in the case of a pair of plates, and
anaptychus in the case...
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ammonites (extinct s****ed cephalopods), a
calcareous structure known as the
aptychus (plural aptychi) existed. When
these were
first described they were thought...
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lacks an
aptychus, a
biomineralized plate which is
proposed to act as an
operculum which closes the s**** to
protect the body. However,
aptychus-like plates...
- scaphopods. The word "sculpture" is also
applied to
surface features of the
aptychus of ammonites, and to the
outer surface of some
calcareous opercula of marine...
- An
operculum also
covers the eggs of
stick insects an
other insects.
Aptychus: A
structure in
ammonites which usually consists of two plates, and which...
- The
Aptychus is a
mysterious piece of
ammonite anatomy....
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Hectocotylus Tentacles Carpus Dactylus M****
Suckers and
hooks Buccal region Aptychus Beak Odontop****
Radula Spadix and
antispadix Occipital region Nuchal crest...
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Somalia and the
western North Atlantic. In Mexico, the
first records of
Aptychus latus (=
Laevaptychus latus) are
provided from the
Upper Jur****ic of the...
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Germany and
Wealden of Hanover; the
limestones and
shales of Teschen; the
Aptychus and
Pygope diphyoides marls of Spain, and the
Petchorian formation of Russia...
