| Parabolina frequens argentina (Kayser) (Trilobita, Olenidae) is a guide fossil occurring in different assemblages and lithologies of the upper Cambrian (Furongian) of northwestern Argentina. The black and dark grey shales of the Lampazar Formation at sierra de Cajas and the Santa Rosita Formation (lower part) at Iruya and Alfarcito (Jujuy and Salta provinces) contain numerous well-preserved specimens at different stages of development. The juveniles represent anaprotaspis, metaprotaspis and degrees 0-11 meraspis. The latter exhibit a high variability related with the pattern of glabellar furrows and lobes, the sagittal length of the thoracic segments, the splay and length of the genal and thoracic spines, the relative width of the axis, and the relative... |
