Order Vampyromorpha Robson 1929 (vampire squids)
Alternative spellings: Vampyromorphida, Vampyromorphina
Parent taxon: Octobrachia according to R. Hoffmann et al. 2022
See also Boyle and Rodhouse 2005, Doyle et al. 1994, Fuchs et al. 2003, Jeletzky 1966, Kretzoi 1942, Tanabe 2008, Tanabe and Hikida 2010 and Wells and Houston 2001
Sister taxa: Cirroctopodida, Octopoda, Prototeuthina
Subtaxa: Actinosepiidae Kelaenina Nanaimoteuthis Vampyronassa Vampyroteuthidae Vampyroteuthis
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of Hungary (1 collection)
• Cretaceous of Canada (6: Alberta, British Columbia, Saskatchewan), Japan (2), United States (7: Montana, South Dakota)
• Jurassic of France (1), Germany (1)
Total: 18 collections each including a single occurrence