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
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