Species

Osspecus frumentum Jamison-Todd, Witts, Jones, Tangunan, Chandler, Bown etTwitchett, 2025

Type specimen data
holotype: Natural History Museum Lodon ; NHMUK PX TF 314; 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., 2025b

Diagnosis: Boring where the chamber consists of a central column connected to a tapering aperture neck that is difficult to distinguish from the chamber. Thin filamentous branches extend laterally from the central column of the chamber. Symmetry is linear, rather than radial, in the vertical section, along the main column of the chamber. In horizontal cross section symmetry would be radial around the columnar chamber. Remarks:

Jamison-Todd et al., 2025a

Diagnosis. Boring where the chamber consists of a central column connected to a tapering aperture neck that is difficult to distinguish from the chamber. Thin filamentous branches extend laterally from the central column of the chamber. Symmetry is linear, rather than radial, in the vertical section, along the main column of the chamber. In horizontal cross section symmetry would be radial around the columnar chamber

Synonymy list
2025     Osspecus frumentum — Jamison-Todd, Mannion & Upchurch , pp. 8, fig. 2B
2025     Osspecus frumentum isp. nov. — Jamison-Todd, Witts, Jones, Tangunan, Chandler, Bown & Twitchett , pp. 5-6, fig. 2:E, F
2025     Osspecus frumentum isp. nov. — Jamison-Todd, Witts, Jones, Tangunan, Chandler, Bown & Twitchett , pp. 11, fig. 2:E, F
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
References based on distribution