Biology:Provampyroteuthis

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Short description: Extinct genus of cephalopods

Provampyroteuthis
Temporal range: Santonian
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Vampyromorphida
Family: Vampyroteuthidae
Genus: Provampyroteuthis
Kanie, 1998[1]
Species:
P. giganteus
Binomial name
Provampyroteuthis giganteus
Kanie, 1998

Provampyroteuthis is an extinct genus of vampire squids from the Late Cretaceous of Japan . It contains one species, P. giganteus. It is known from several beaks found as the stomach contents of an elasmosaurid.[1][2] The validity of the genus has more recently been questioned.[3]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q21361368 entry