Species

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

Type specimen data
holotype: Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique ; IRSNB 7767; Sine Loco; Maastrichtian , Mons Basin in Belgium
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 where the aperture neck is short and thin when preserved. Chamber depth is shallow and the chambers roughly hemispherical, with an arc length of approximately 180degrees. Branches extending beyond the main hemispherical chamber are very thin but rounded at the ends. Primary radial symmetry sits in the centre of the chamber, and there is secondary radial symmetry at the ends of the branches, which form clusters and are irregular in length

Synonymy list
2025     Osspecus panatlanticum — Jamison-Todd, Mannion & Upchurch , pp. 8-9, fig. 2C
2025     Osspecus panatlanticum isp. nov — Jamison-Todd, Witts, Jones, Tangunan, Chandler, Bown & Twitchett , pp. 6, fig. 2:I, J
2025     Osspecus panatlanticum isp. nov — Jamison-Todd, Witts, Jones, Tangunan, Chandler, Bown & Twitchett , pp. 11-12, fig. 2:I, J
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