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.^[1][2] The validity of the genus has more recently been questioned.^[3]

Provampyroteuthis Temporal range: Santonian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Order:	Vampyromorphida
Family:	Vampyroteuthidae
Genus:	†Provampyroteuthis Kanie, 1998[1]
Species:	†P. giganteus
Binomial name
†Provampyroteuthis giganteus Kanie, 1998