Overwood Farm (Devonian of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (50.7° N, 4.4° W: paleocoordinates 19.2° S, 1.4° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Bispathodus ultimus conodont zone, Overwood Slate Member (Stourscombe Formation), Late/Upper Famennian (364.7 - 360.7 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deep subtidal; cherty/siliceous slate

• Deeper water (but not basinal) equivalent of Stourscombe beds.
• This member contains the green to dark grey trilobite bearing slates that contain rare siliceous and calcareous nodules regarded as a variant of the Stourscombe beds

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: B. F. Selwood. 1960. Ammonoids and trilobites from the Upper Devonian and Lowest Carboniferous of the Launceston area of Cornwall. Palaeontology 3(2):153-185 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 234936: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 21.05.2024

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Taxonomic list

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Cephalopoda
 Clymeniida - Parawocklumeriidae
Parawocklumeria sp.
Parawocklumeria sp. Schindewolf 1926 ammonite
 Clymeniida - Wocklumeriidae
Wocklumeria sp.
Wocklumeria sp. Wedekind 1918 ammonite
 Clymeniida - Gonioclymeniidae
"Gonioclymenia (Kalloclymenia) sp." = Kalloclymenia
"Gonioclymenia (Kalloclymenia) sp." = Kalloclymenia Wedekind 1914 ammonite
 Clymeniida - Cyrtoclymeniidae
Cyrtoclymenia angustiseptata
Trilobita
 Phacopida - Phacopidae
"Phacops (Cryphops) ensae" = Weyerites ensae, "Phacops (Phacops) accipitrinus" = Omegops accipitrinus, Phacops (Phacops) granulatus
"Phacops (Cryphops) ensae" = Weyerites ensae Richter and Richter 1926 trilobite
"Phacops (Phacops) accipitrinus" = Omegops accipitrinus Phillips 1841 trilobite
Phacops (Phacops) accipitrinus accipitrinus
Phacops (Phacops) granulatus Munster 1840 trilobite
 Proetida - Phillipsiidae
"Cyrtosymbole (Waribole) cf. warsteinensis" = Waribole (Waribole) warsteinensis, "Cyrtosymbole (Waribole) aff. italica" = Waribole italica, "Cyrtosymbole (Cyrtosymbole) cf. nepia" = Platybole nepia, "Cyrtosymbole (Macrobole) aff. bergica" = Platybole bergica, "Cyrtosymbole (Waribole) aff. conifera" = Pseudowaribole (Pseudowaribole) conifer
"Cyrtosymbole (Waribole) cf. warsteinensis" = Waribole (Waribole) warsteinensis Richter and Richter 1926 trilobite
"Cyrtosymbole (Waribole) aff. italica" = Waribole italica Gortani 1911 trilobite
"Cyrtosymbole (Cyrtosymbole) cf. nepia" = Platybole nepia Richter and Richter 1926 trilobite
"Cyrtosymbole (Macrobole) aff. bergica" = Platybole bergica Richter 1913 trilobite
"Cyrtosymbole (Waribole) aff. conifera" = Pseudowaribole (Pseudowaribole) conifer Richter and Richter 1926 trilobite
Conodonta
 Ozarkodinida - Polygnathidae
Bispathodus costatus, Bispathodus ultimus