Vampyroteuthidae

Taxobox
fossil_range = Middle Jurassic—Recent
name = Vampyroteuthidae


image_caption = "Vampyronassa rhodanica"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Cephalopoda
subclassis = Coleoidea
superordo = Octopodiformes
ordo = Vampyromorphida
subordo = Vampyromorphina
subordo_authority = Grimpe, 1917
familia = Vampyroteuthidae
familia_authority = Thiele "in" Chun, 1915
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision =†"Vampyronassa"
"Vampyroteuthis"
synonyms =

Vampyroteuthidae is a family of vampyromorph cephalopods comprising the extant Vampire Squid, "Vampyroteuthis infernalis", and the extinct "Vampyronassa rhodanica" from the Middle Jurassic.

References

* Fischer, J.-C. & B. Riou 2002. "Vampyronassa rhodanica" nov. gen. nov sp., vampyromorphe (Cephalopoda, Coleoidea) du Callovien inférieur de la Voulte-sur-Rhône (Ardèche, France). "Annales de Paléontologie" 88(1): 1–17. [French with English abstract] DOI|10.1016/S0753-3969(02)01037-6