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,[1] but was recently reinterpreted as a vampyroteuthid.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | Vampyromorphida |
| Family: | Vampyroteuthidae |
| Genus: | †Necroteuthis Kretzoi, 1942[1] |
| Species: | †N. hungarica
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| †Necroteuthis hungarica Kretzoi, 1942
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References edit
- ^ a b Kretzoi, M. (1942). "Necroteuthis n. g. (Ceph. Dibr., Necroteuthidae n.f.) aus dem Oligozän von Budapest und das System der Dibranchiata". Földtani Közlöny. 72: 124–138.
- ^ Košťák, M.; Schlögl, J.; Fuchs, D.; Holcová, K.; Hudáčková, N.; Culka, A.; Fözy, I.; Tomašových, A.; Milovský, R.; Šurka, J.; Mazuch, M. (2021). "Fossil evidence for vampire squid inhabiting oxygen-depleted ocean zones since at least the Oligocene". Communications Biology. 4 (1): 216. doi:10.1038/s42003-021-01714-0. PMC 7893013. PMID 33603225.