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
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
Klassificering
| Organism group | Biota |
| Ichnofossil group | Ichnofossils |
| Bioerosional trace fossils | |
| Genus | Osspecus |
| Species | arboreum |
| automedon | |
| campanicum | |
| eunicefooteae | |
| frumentum | |
| morsus | |
| panatlanticum | |
| pollardium | |
| tuscia |
References based on distribution
- Jamison-Todd et al., 2025a Campanian