Turonia
{{Short description|Extinct genus of sponges}}
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| image = Siphoniidae - Turonia variabilis.JPG
| image_caption = Turonia variabilis from France
| fossil_range = {{Fossil range|Cretaceous}}
| taxon = Turonia
Michelin, H., 1840-47. Iconographie Zoophytologique, description par localités et terrains des polypiers fossiles de France. Paris, pp. 119-216, 248-253, 335-345.
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Turonia is an extinct genus of sea sponges belonging to the class Demospongiae.[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=3311 Paleobiology Database]
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
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- John Hooper,Rob W.M. van Soest [https://books.google.com/books?id=tS_SBwAAQBAJ&dq=Turonia+fossil&pg=PA400 Systema Porifera: A Guide to the Classification of Sponges]
- See also List of prehistoric sponge genera
External links
- [http://www.cretaceous.de/Turonia.html Cretaceous sponges from the Campanian of Misburg and Höver]
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Category:Prehistoric sponge genera
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