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Turonia

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Phylum
  
Porifera

Order
  
Lithistida

Family
  
Siphoniidae

Rank
  
Genus

Subclass
  
Tetractinomorpha

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

Contents

Turonia 2015


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

    Turonia Wikipedia