Parabolina Trilobite from Argentina

Parabolina argentina

Trilobite Order Ptychopariida, Family Olenidae

Geological Time: Ordovician, Tremadocian Stage

Size (25.4 mm = 1 inch): Trilobite is 20 mm long by 15 mm wide on a 48 mm by 27 mm matrix

Fossil Site: Eastern Cordillera Formation, Salta, Argentina

Fossil Code: AAF212

Price: $95.00

Parabolina argentinaDescription: This trilobite belongs to the genus Parabolina, an index fossil for the earliest Ordovician Trilobites from Argentina are not easy to obtain, as the country has banned sale of fossils. This example was obtained from an old collection, and is unlikely to be replaced. Note the partial specimen on the reverse. The first examples actually came from Bolivia, but the generic species name argentina was given nonetheless.

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