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Extinct genus of sponges From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Turonia is an extinct genus of sea sponges belonging to the class Demospongiae.[2]
Turonia Temporal range: | |
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Turonia variabilis from France | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Porifera |
Class: | Demospongiae |
Family: | †Siphoniidae |
Genus: | †Turonia Michelin, 1847 [1] |
This genus is known in the fossil record of the Cretaceous of France, Germany, Poland and Spain (about 125 to 66 million years ago).
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