†family Vampyroteuthidae Thiele 1915 (vampire squids)
Cephalopoda - Vampyromorpha - Vampyroteuthidae
Parent taxon: Vampyromorphida according to P. Boyle and P. Rodhouse 2005
Sister taxa: Actinosepiidae, Kelaenina, Nanaimoteuthis, Vampyronassa, Vampyroteuthis
Subtaxa: Necroteuthis
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Ziegelfabrik von Csillaghegy (Oligocene of Hungary)