Turonia

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Kingdom Animalia Phylum Porifera Order Lithistida		Family Siphoniidae Rank Genus Subclass Tetractinomorpha

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

Turonia 2015

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

Turonia cerebriformis Schrammen 1910

Turonia constricta Zittel 1878

Turonia globosa Wagner 1963

Turonia induta Zittel 1878

Turonia variabilis Michelin 1847 (type species)

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