After Engeser, 1998-, Mangold, Young & Vecchione, 1996-1999 ["The Tree of Life"], and Felley, Vecchione, Roper, Sweeney & Christensen, 2001-
<==o Vampyromorpha Grimpe, 1917 [Vampyromorphida Pickford, 1939] (vampyyritursaat) |--o †Prototeuthina Naef, 1921 | |-- †Loligosepiidae Van Regteren Altena, 1949 | |-- †Plesioteuthididae Naef, 1921 | |-- †Geopeltididae Van Regteren Altena, 1949 | |-- †Leptotheuthididae Naef, 1921 | |-- †Lioteuthididae Naef, 1922 | `-- †Mastigophoridae Engeser & Reitner, 1985 |--o Vampyromorphina Grimpe, 1917 | `--o Vampyroteuthididae Thiele, 1915 in Chun, 1915 (vampyyritursaat) | `-- Vampyroteuthis infernalis Chun, 1903 |--o †Mesoteuthina Naef, 1921 | |--o †Palaeololiginidae Naef, 1921 | | |-- †Teudopseinae Naef, 1921 | | `-- †Palaeololigininae Naef, 1921 | `--o †Trachyteuthididae Naef, 1921 | |-- †Trachyteuthidinae Naef, 1921 | `-- †Actinosepiinae Doyle, Donovan & Nixon, 1994 `?-o †Kelaenina Starobogatov, 1983 |-- †Muensterellidae Roger, 1954 `--o †Kelaenidae `-- †Tusoteuthis longa [Niobrarateuthis bonneri; Niobrarateuthis walkeri; Kansasteuthis lindneri; Enchoteuthis melanae]
Reference(s):
- Engeser, T., 1998-1998: Classification & Phylogenetic tree.
–iNet: The Fossil Coleoidea Page: http://userpage.fu-berlin.de/~palaeont/fossilcoleoidea/welcome.html - Eyden, P., 2004-2006: Tusoteuthis and the Cretaceous Giant Squids. [last updated: 2006-01]
–iNet: Tonmo.com: http://www.tonmo.com/science/fossils/cretaceousGS.php [visited: 2009-04-29] - Felley, J., Vecchione, M., Roper, C. F. E., Sweeney, M. & Christensen, T., 2001-2003: Current Classification of Recent Cephalopoda.
–iNet: National Museum of Natural History: Departent of Systematic Biology: Invertebrate Zoology: http://www.mnh.si.edu/cephs/ - Mangold, K. M., Young, R. E. & Vecchione, M., 1996-1999: Octopoda – Octopods or devilfishes.
–iNet: The Tree of Life: http://www.soest.hawaii.edu/tree/cephalopoda/coleoidea/octopodiformes/octopoda/octopoda.html