Vampyromorphida
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Vampyromorphida is an order of cephalopods comprising one extant species (Vampyroteuthis infernalis) and several extinct taxa.
[edit] Classification
- Order Vampyromorphida
- ?Suborder †Kelaenina
- Family †Muensterellidae
- Suborder †Prototeuthina
- Family †Loligosepiidae
- Family †Geopeltididae
- Family †Lioteuthididae
- Family †Mastigophoridae
- Suborder †Mesoteuthina
- Family †Palaeololiginidae
- Subfamily †Teudopseinae
- Subfamily †Palaeololigininae
- Family †Palaeololiginidae
- Suborder Vampyromorphina
- Family Vampyroteuthidae
- ?Suborder †Kelaenina
The following taxa were long considered to belong to Vampyromorphida, but this appears to be incorrect (Fischer & Riou 2002):
- Family †Plesioteuthididae
- Family †Leptotheuthididae
- Family †Trachyteuthididae
- Subfamily †Trachyteuthidinae
- Subfamily †Actinosepiinae
[edit] References
- Fischer, Jean-Claude & Riou, Bernard (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 (HTML abstract)
- The Taxonomicon: Order Vampyromorphida
- Mikko's Phylogeny Archive: Vampyromorpha
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