Osspecus Higgs et al., 2011

DESCRIPTION: Single entry borings in boney media. Borings are circular to sub-circular apertures, which lack rims and platforms. Aperture extends as a thick canal, perpendicular to bone surface, to a globular or irregularly shaped chamber at base. May have exploratory tunnels extending from bottom chambers.

BEHAVIOR(S): Fodinichnia, borings of suspension feeders or passive carnivores.

ENVIRONMENTAL SETTINGS: Deep marine. Borings in whale bones that rest on the sea floor.

POSSIBLE TRACEMAKERS: Siboglinidae worms (Osedax).

GEOLOGIC RANGE: Cretaceous-recent

ADDITIONAL REFERENCES: (MacLeay in Murchison, 1839)


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