Species

Osspecus automedon Jamison-Todd, Witts, Jones, Tangunan, Chandler, Bown et Twitchett, 2025

Type specimen data
holotype: Natural History Museum London ; NHMUK PX TF 313; Rochester; Campanian
Reference:
Jamison-Todd, S., Witts, J. D., Jones, M. E. H., Tangunan, D., Chandler, K., Bown, P., Twitchett, R. J. 2025. The evolution of bone-eating worm diversity in the Upper Cretaceous Chalk Group of the United Kingdom. pp. e0320945. DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0320945
Taxon description

Jamison-Todd et al., 2025a

Diagnosis. Boring with chamber diameters ranging from 0.5–3mm and depths from 1–5mm. Aperture neck length is variable, and therefore depth is also variable. Branches are bar-like and remain somewhat separated until they widen into bulbs and merge at the ends. They are very long relative to the chamber diameter, making up almost all of the chamber. The centre of primary radial symmetry sits at the base of the aperture neck. Arc length can be highly variable; cross sections look like sections of a circle

Synonymy list
2025     Osspecus automedon isp. nov. — Jamison-Todd, Witts, Jones, Tangunan, Chandler, Bown & Twitchett , pp. 5, fig. 2A, B
2025     Osspecus automedon isp. nov. — Jamison-Todd, Witts, Jones, Tangunan, Chandler, Bown & Twitchett , pp. 11, fig. 2:A, B
Selection of related publications
Jamison-Todd, S., Witts, J. D., Jones, M. E. H., Tangunan, D., Chandler, K., Bown, P., Twitchett, R. J. 2025. The evolution of bone-eating worm diversity in the Upper Cretaceous Chalk Group of the United Kingdom. PLOS ONE 20, 4, e0320945. DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0320945
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