Necroteuthis
| Necroteuthis Temporal range:
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | Vampyromorphida |
| Family: | Vampyroteuthidae |
| Genus: | † Kretzoi, 1942[1] |
| Species: | †N. hungarica
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| Binomial name | |
| †Necroteuthis hungarica Kretzoi, 1942
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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]
Etymology
The genus name Necroteuthis comes from νεκρός (necrós), meaning "corpse", and τευθίς (teuthís), meaning "squid". The specific name hungarica comes from Hungary, the country where the species was found.
References
- ^ 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.