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Extinct genus of sponges

Turonia
Temporal range: Cretaceous PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Turonia variabilis from France
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Demospongiae
Family: †Siphoniidae
Genus: †Turonia
Michelin, 1847

Turonia is an extinct genus of sea sponges belonging to the class Demospongiae.

Fossil records

This genus is known in the fossil record of the Cretaceous of France, Germany, Poland and Spain (about 125 to 66 million years ago).

Species

  • Turonia cerebriformis Schrammen 1910
  • Turonia constricta Zittel 1878
  • Turonia globosa Wagner 1963
  • Turonia induta Zittel 1878
  • Turonia variabilis Michelin 1847 (type species)

References

  1. Michelin, H., 1840-47. Iconographie Zoophytologique, description par localités et terrains des polypiers fossiles de France. Paris, pp. 119-216, 248-253, 335-345.
  2. Paleobiology Database

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Taxon identifiers
Turonia


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