Turonia is an extinct genus of sea sponges belonging to the class Demospongiae.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
John Hooper, Rob W.M. van Soest Systema Porifera: A Guide to the Classification of Sponges See also List of prehistoric sponge genera
External links Cretaceous sponges from the Campanian of Misburg and Höver