Necroteuthis

{{Short description|Extinct genus of cephalopods}}

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| fossil_range = {{fossil range|33.9|27.82|early Oligocene}}

| genus = Necroteuthis

| parent_authority = Kretzoi, 1942{{cite journal|last=Kretzoi |first=M. |year=1942 |title=Necroteuthis n. g. (Ceph. Dibr., Necroteuthidae n.f.) aus dem Oligozän von Budapest und das System der Dibranchiata |journal= Földtani Közlöny |volume=72 |pages=124–138 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/205851#page/134/mode/1up}}

| species = hungarica

| authority = Kretzoi, 1942

}}

Necroteuthis is an extinct genus of vampire squids from the Oligocene of Hungary. It contains one species, N. hungarica. It was initially identified as a squid, but was recently reinterpreted as a vampyroteuthid.{{cite journal|last1=Košťák |first1=M. |last2=Schlögl |first2=J. |last3=Fuchs |first3=D. |last4=Holcová |first4=K. |last5=Hudáčková |first5=N. |last6=Culka |first6=A. |last7=Fözy |first7=I. |last8=Tomašových |first8=A. |last9=Milovský |first9=R. |last10=Šurka |first10=J. |last11=Mazuch |first11=M. |year=2021 |title=Fossil evidence for vampire squid inhabiting oxygen-depleted ocean zones since at least the Oligocene |journal=Communications Biology |volume=4 |issue=1 |page=216 |doi=10.1038/s42003-021-01714-0 |pmid=33603225 |pmc=7893013 |doi-access=free}}