Necroteuthis

Necroteuthis Temporal range: early Oligocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Order:	Vampyromorphida
Family:	Vampyroteuthidae
Genus:	† Necroteuthis Kretzoi, 1942 [1]
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, ^[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

1. 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.
2. 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.