Turonia globosa Wagner 1963 (demosponge)

Demospongiae - Tetralithistida - Siphoniidae

Full reference: W. Wagner. 1963. Die Schwammfauna der Oberkreide von Neuburg (Donau) [The Upper Cretaceous sponge fauna from Neuburg (Donau)]. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 122:166-250

Belongs to Turonia according to W. Wagner 1963

Sister taxa: Turonia cerebriformis, Turonia constricta, Turonia induta, Turonia variabilis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Neuburg (Donau), which is in a Turonian coastal sandstone in the Neuburger Weiß Formation of Germany

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Neuburg (Donau)

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