Vampyronassa

Vampyronassa
Temporal range: Middle Jurassic
Pyritized fossil of Vampyronassa rhodanica from Voulte-sur-Rhône, France.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Vampyromorphida
Family: Vampyroteuthidae
Genus: Vampyronassa
Fischer & Riou, 2002
Binomial name
Vampyronassa rhodanica
Fischer & Riou, 2002

Vampyronassa rhodanica is an extinct vampyromorph cephalopod known from around 20 fossils from the Lower Callovian (165–164 Ma) of La 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.

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