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

ID22060
Fossil groupBioerosional trace fossils
TaxonOsspecus arboreum
AuthorJamison-Todd, Witts, Jones, Tangunan, Chandler, Bown et Twitchett, 2025
ReferenceJamison-Todd et al., 2025a
Parent taxonOsspecus
Is validYes
FADCenomanian
LADTuronian
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Synonymy

YearSynonymAuthorPagesFigsReference
2025Osspecus arboreum isp. nov.Jamison-Todd, Witts, Jones, Tangunan, Chandler, Bown & Twitchett4-53:I, JJamison-Todd et al., 2025b
2025Osspecus arboreum isp. nov.Jamison-Todd, Witts, Jones, Tangunan, Chandler, Bown & Twitchett103:I, JJamison-Todd et al., 2025a

Type specimens

TypeNumberRepositoryType localityLoc.Type horizonStrat.RemarksReferenceID
holotypeNHMUK PX TF 312Natural History Museum, LondonUpper Cretaceouslocality unrecordedJamison-Todd et al., 2025a

Descriptions and remarks

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.


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



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