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Osspecus tuscia

Taxonomy
Osspecus tuscia was named by Higgs et al. (2012) [Boring number 1 (Figures 3(a) and 4(a – c)) in a fossil cetacean radius stored in the Museo di Storia Naturale, Sezione di Geologia e Paleontologia, Florence, Italy (IGF 1134T).]. It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is IGF 1134T and is a trace fossil. Its type locality is Orciano Pisano, which is in a Piacenzian open shallow subtidal mudstone in Italy. It is the type species of Osspecus.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
O. eunicefooteae, O. eunicefooteae, O. frumentum, O. panatlanticum

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2012Osspecus tuscia Higgs et al. p. 5 figs. Figure 4(j – l)

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RankNameAuthor
—Ichnofossils
genusOsspecus
RankNameAuthor
speciestuscia

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†Osspecus tuscia Higgs et al. 2012
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available