Necroteuthis

Necroteuthis
Temporal range:
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Vampyromorphida
Family: Vampyroteuthidae
Genus: †Necroteuthis
Kretzoi, 1942
Species:
†N. hungarica
Binomial name
†Necroteuthis hungarica
Kretzoi, 1942

Necroteuthis is an extinct genus of vampire squids from the Oligocene of Hungary. It contains one species, N. hungarica. It was initially identified as a squid, but was recently reinterpreted as a vampyroteuthid.

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