†Necroteuthis Kretzoi 1942 (vampire squids)
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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
Type: Necroteuthis hungarica
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Ziegelfabrik von Csillaghegy (Oligocene of Hungary)
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