The evolution of bone-eating worm diversity in the Upper Cretaceous Chalk Group of the United Kingdom.

The bone-eating worm Osedax is today a member of the highly adapted invertebrate assemblages associated with whale carcasses on the ocean floor. The worm has also been found in a variety of other vertebrates in marine environments. Osedax borings are represented by the trace fossil Osspecus, which h...

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Main Authors: Sarah Jamison-Todd, James D Witts, Marc E H Jones, Deborah Tangunan, Kim Chandler, Paul Bown, Richard J Twitchett
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2025-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0320945
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