Provampyroteuthis
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. The validity of the genus has more recently been questioned.
| Provampyroteuthis Temporal range: | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | Vampyromorphida |
| Family: | Vampyroteuthidae |
| Genus: | †Provampyroteuthis Kanie, 1998 |
| Species: | †P. giganteus |
| Binomial name | |
| †Provampyroteuthis giganteus Kanie, 1998 | |
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