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Turonia variabilis ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)187373https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=187373
Rankspecies (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Porifera : Demospongea : Tetralithistida : Siphoniidae : Turonia : Turonia variabilis
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongea
subclassLithistida
orderTetralithistidaLagneau-Hérenger 1962
suborderTetracladinaZittel 1878
familySiphoniidaed'Orbigny 1851
subfamilySiphoniinaed'Orbigny 1851
genusTuroniaMichelin 1847
speciesTuronia variabilisMichelin 1847
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Turonia variabilisspeciesbelongs to Turoniastated with evidenceMichelin, 1847
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance93.5 - 89.3 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Last Recorded Appearance70.6 - 66.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Environmentmarine (based on Lithistida)
Motilitystationary, attached (based on Lithistida)
Dietsuspension feeder (based on Lithistida)
Taphonomysilica (based on Lithistida)
Primary Reference (PBDB)R. M. Finks, R. E. H. Reid, and J. K. Rigby. 2004. Porifera (Demospongea, Hexactinellida, Heteractinida, Calcarea). Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology Part E, Revised E(3):1-872

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1847Turonia variabilis Michelin

References

Finks R. M., Reid R. E. H., et al (2004) Porifera (Demospongea, Hexactinellida, Heteractinida, Calcarea), Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology Part E, Revised E 3, 1-872
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
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