Necroteuthis

Necroteuthis
Temporal range: early Oligocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Vampyromorphida
Family: Vampyroteuthidae
Genus: Necroteuthis
Kretzoi, 1942[1]
Species:
N. hungarica
Binomial name
Necroteuthis hungarica
Kretzoi, 1942

Necroteuthis is an extinct genus of vampire squids from the Oligocene of Hungary. It contains one species, N. hungarica. It was initially identified as a squid,[1] but was recently reinterpreted as a vampyroteuthid.[2]

  1. ^ a b Kretzoi, M. (1942). "Necroteuthis n. g. (Ceph. Dibr., Necroteuthidae n.f.) aus dem Oligozän von Budapest und das System der Dibranchiata". Földtani Közlöny. 72: 124–138.
  2. ^ Košťák, M.; Schlögl, J.; Fuchs, D.; Holcová, K.; Hudáčková, N.; Culka, A.; Fözy, I.; Tomašových, A.; Milovský, R.; Šurka, J.; Mazuch, M. (2021). "Fossil evidence for vampire squid inhabiting oxygen-depleted ocean zones since at least the Oligocene". Communications Biology. 4 (1): 216. doi:10.1038/s42003-021-01714-0. PMC 7893013. PMID 33603225.