Osspecus campanicum Jamison-Todd, Witts, Jones, Tangunan, Chandler, Bown etTwitchett, 2025
Jamison-Todd et al., 2025c
Diagnosis: Boring with chamber diameters ranging from 0.5–1.4mm, and total depth of 0.5–2.0mm. Apertures are wide and the aperture necks leading into the chambers are columnar. The chambers sit at mid-depth in the bone. The centre of symmetry is not always distinct, though it generally sits towards the upper middle of the chamber. Symmetry is not regularly radial, with the branches pointing mostly inwards, and the presence of secondary symmetry in some clusters of branches is possible. Chambers are therefore irregularly shaped, and the branches are not of equal size and length. Branch shape is lobate and rounded. Arc length is approximately 180degrees
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.
Organism group | Biota |
Ichnofossil group | Ichnofossils |
Bioerosional trace fossils | |
Genus | Osspecus |
Species | arboreum |
automedon | |
campanicum | |
eunicefooteae | |
frumentum | |
morsus | |
panatlanticum | |
pollardium | |
tuscia |