Species
Osspecus campanicum Jamison-Todd, Witts, Jones, Tangunan, Chandler, Bown etTwitchett, 2025
Taxon description
Jamison-Todd et al., 2025a
Diagnosis. Boring with chamber diameters ranging from 1.1–2.3mm and total depths 1.4–2.6mm. Aperture is fine and straight, with the threadlike aperture neck leading to a chamber that sits at mid-depth beneath the surface of the bone. Chambers have a wide arc and a globular, regular appearance, with symmetry radiating from the upper chamber. Branches are very short and rounded, merging with and almost indistinct from the main chamber body.
Synonymy list
2025 Osspecus campanicum isp. nov. — Jamison-Todd et al. , pp. 10, fig. 3:G, H
Classification
Organism group | Biota |
Ichnofossil group | Ichnofossils |
Bioerosional trace fossils | |
Genus | Osspecus |
Species | automedon |
campanicum | |
eunicefootia | |
frumentum | |
morsus | |
panatlanticum | |
pollardium | |
tuscia |