Necroteuthis Kretzoi 1942 (vampire squids)

Cephalopoda - Vampyromorpha - Vampyroteuthidae

Full reference: M. Kretzoi. 1942. Necroteuthis n. g. (Ceph. Dibr., Necroteuthidae N. F.) aus dem Oligozän von Budapest und das system der Dibranchiata. Földtani Közlöny 72:125-238

Parent taxon: Vampyroteuthidae according to M. Košťák et al. 2021

See also Jeletzky 1966 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Necroteuthis hungarica

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Type: Necroteuthis hungarica

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Ziegelfabrik von Csillaghegy (Oligocene of Hungary)

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