Oiceoptoma noveboracense use the succession of insect fauna to provide confirmation of postmortem intervals. "Oiceoptoma noveboracense's" Latin specific name means "pertaining to New York" (Latin "Novum Eboracum" + "-ensis"), referring to the original source of the type specimen. Although less common, some literature will refer to the species as "Oiceoptoma noveboracensis". The genus "Oiceoptoma" was described by the English naturalist, William Elford Leach, in 1815. "Oiceoptoma noveboracense" larvae range from light brown to dark reddish in color. The larvae are typically flat and trilobite-like in appearance. They are capable of moving locations during their development. The adults average from long. The middle
Eboracum depicting married couples and the Medusa. There are fewer than 25 jet pendants in the Roman world, of which six are known from Eboracum. These are housed in the Yorkshire Museum. The true paths of all original Roman roads leading out of Eboracum are not known, although eleven have been suggested. The known roads include Dere Street leading North-West from the city through Clifton towards the site of "Cataractonium" (modern Catterick), Cade's Road Towards "Petuaria" (modern Brough), and Ermine Street towards "Lindum" (modern Lincoln). A road bypassing the south wall of the fortress, between the fortress and the River Ouse