Species

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

Type specimen data
holotype: Natural History Museum, London ; NHMUK PX TF 312; Upper Cretaceous , locality unrecorded
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 with chamber diameters ranging from 1.1–2.3mm and total depths 1.4–2.6mm. Aperture is fine and straight, with the threadlike aperture neck leading to a chamber that sits at mid-depth beneath the surface of the bone. Chambers have a wide arc and a globular, regular appearance, with symmetry radiating from the upper chamber. Branches are very short and rounded, merging with and almost indistinct from the main chamber body

Jamison-Todd et al., 2025a

Diagnosis. Boring with chamber diameters ranging from 1.1–2.3mm and total depths 1.4–2.6mm. Aperture is fine and straight, with the threadlike aperture neck leading to a chamber that sits at mid-depth beneath the surface of the bone. Chambers have a wide arc and a globular, regular appearance, with symmetry radiating from the upper chamber. Branches are very short and rounded, merging with and almost indistinct from the main chamber body.

Synonymy list
2025     Osspecus arboreum isp. nov. — Jamison-Todd, Witts, Jones, Tangunan, Chandler, Bown & Twitchett , pp. 4-5, fig. 3:I, J
2025     Osspecus arboreum isp. nov. — Jamison-Todd, Witts, Jones, Tangunan, Chandler, Bown & Twitchett , pp. 10, fig. 3: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