†Necroteuthis hungarica Kretzoi 1942 (vampire squids)
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Cephalopoda - Vampyromorphida - 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
Belongs to Necroteuthis according to M. Kretzoi 1942
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: Hungarian Natural History Museum M59/4672, an other (gladius). Its type locality is Ziegelfabrik von Csillaghegy, which is in a Rupelian basinal (siliceous) claystone in the Tard Clay Formation of Hungary.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Ziegelfabrik von Csillaghegy
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