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Osspecus

Taxonomy
Osspecus was named by Higgs et al. (2012). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type is Osspecus tuscia.

It was assigned to Ichnofossils by Higgs et al. (2012).

Species
O. pollardium, O. tuscia (type species)
Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2012Osspecus Higgs et al. p. 5

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RankNameAuthor
Ichnofossils
RankNameAuthor
genusOsspecus

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Osspecus Higgs et al. 2012
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Osspecus pollardium Jamison-Todd et al. 2025
Osspecus tuscia Higgs et al. 2012
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Priabonian to the top of the Piacenzian or 37.71000 to 2.58000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9USA (Alabama) O. tuscia (28983)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63USA (North Carolina) O. eunicefooteae (151550)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (North Carolina) O. tuscia (52582)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Italy O. tuscia (47428)