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

ID21843
Fossil groupBioerosional trace fossils
TaxonOsspecus campanicum
AuthorJamison-Todd, Witts, Jones, Tangunan, Chandler, Bown etTwitchett, 2025
ReferenceJamison-Todd et al., 2025a
Parent taxonOsspecus
FADCampanian
LADCampanian

Description(s)

Jamison-Todd et al., 2025c:

Diagnosis: Boring with chamber diameters ranging from 0.5–1.4mm, and total depth of 0.5–2.0mm. Apertures are wide and the aperture necks leading into the chambers are columnar. The chambers sit at mid-depth in the bone. The centre of symmetry is not always distinct, though it generally sits towards the upper middle of the chamber. Symmetry is not regularly radial, with the branches pointing mostly inwards, and the presence of secondary symmetry in some clusters of branches is possible. Chambers are therefore irregularly shaped, and the branches are not of equal size and length. Branch shape is lobate and rounded. Arc length is approximately 180degrees