Vampyronassa rhodanica

Taxobox
fossil_range = Middle Jurassic
name = "Vampyronassa rhodanica"


image_caption = Pyritized fossil of "Vampyronassa rhodanica" from Voulte-sur-Rhône, France.
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Cephalopoda
subclassis = Coleoidea
superordo = Octopodiformes
ordo = Vampyromorphida
subordo = Vampyromorphina
familia = Vampyroteuthidae
genus = "Vampyronassa"
species = "V. rhodanica"
binomial = "Vampyronassa rhodanica"
binomial_authority = Fischer & Riou, 2002

"Vampyronassa rhodanica" is an extinct vampyromorph cephalopod known from around 20 fossils from the Lower Callovian (165–164 Ma) of Voulte-sur-Rhône, Ardèche, France.

It differs from the modern Vampire Squid in having longer first dorsal arms, a larger hyponome, and a more elongated mantle.

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