Trilobita - Olenida - Olenidae
Alternative combination: Olenus argentinus
Full reference: E. Kayser. 1876. Über primordiale und untersilurische Fossilien ans der argentinischen Republik. Palaeontographica 3(2)
Belongs to Parabolina according to H. J. Harrington and A. F. Leanza 1957
See also Kayser 1876, Pribyl and Vanek 1980, Tortello and Aceñolaza 1993 and Tortello and Clarkson 2008
Sister taxa: Parabolina (Neoparabolina), Parabolina (Parabolina), Parabolina angusta, Parabolina kobayashii, Parabolina monstruosa, Parabolina pheidolopyge
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Argentina (26 collections), Bolivia (1), Mexico (1)
• Skullrockian of Argentina (1)
• Cambrian to Ordovician of Argentina (11)
Total: 40 collections each including a single occurrence
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