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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^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.
Necroteuthis is an extinct genus of vampire squids from the Oligocene of Hungary. It contains one species, N. hungarica. It was initially identified as...
extant vampire squid, Vampyroteuthis infernalis, and the extinct genera Necroteuthis, Provampyroteuthis and Vampyronassa. Chun, C. (1915). "Die Cephalopoden...
according to characteristics of its arms. Considering Oligocene vampyromorph Necroteuthis probably had a deep-sea mode of life, initial shift of vampiromorphs...
octobrachian species. Redescription of the gladius of the holotype specimen of Necroteuthis hungarica is published by Košťák et al. (2021), who reinterpret this...