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VAMPYRONASSA
(vam-pe-ir-o-nass-ah)
Vampyronassa
Named By: JeaninClaude Fischer & Bernard Riou in 2002
Time Period: Middle Jurassic
Location: France
Size: Unavailable
Diet: Carnivore
Fossil(s): Multiple specimens
Classification: | Mollusca | Cephalopoda | Vampyromorphida | Vampyroteuthidae |
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Vampyronassa rhodanica is an extinct genus of vampyromorph cephalopods known from around 20 fossils from the Lower Callovian (165-164 Ma) of La Voulte-sur-Rhone, Ardeche, France.

This taxon differs from the modern vampire squid in having longer first dorsal arms, a larger hyponome, and a more elongated mantle.

Read more about Vampyronassa at Wikipedia
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