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Triarthrinid trilobites (Olenidae) from the Middle and Upper Ordovician, Precordillera of Argentina

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 May 2016

Gregory D. Edgecombe ,
Brian D. E. Chatterton ,
Norberto E. Vaccari  and
Beatriz G. Waisfeld
Gregory D. Edgecombe
Affiliation:
Australian Museum, 6 College Street, Sydney, New South Wales 2010
Brian D. E. Chatterton
Affiliation:
Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton T6G 2E3, Canada
Norberto E. Vaccari
Affiliation:
Instituto de Geología y Minería, Universidad Nacional de Jujuy, Avenida Bolivia 1661, C.C. 258, San Salvador de Jujuy, Argentina
Beatriz G. Waisfeld
Affiliation:
CONICET, Centro de Investigaciones Paleobiológicas (CIPAL), Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Avenida Vélez Sársfield 299, 5000 Argentina
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Abstract

Middle and Upper Ordovician Triarthrinae from the Precordillera of San Juan, Argentina, include the Whiterock/Llanvirn Porterfieldia turneri (Baldis and Pöthe, 1995) and P. acava new species, and the early Caradoc Triarthrus jachalensis (Harrington and Leanza, 1957). Each of these species is described based on silicified material, including ontogenies, from the Las Aguaditas Formation. Porterfieldia maanssonae new species from the lower member of the Gualcamayo Formation (late Arenig) at Río Gualcamayo, San Juan Province, and Río Guandacol, La Rioja Province, is closely allied to P. turneri. Two protaspid stages are present in Porterfieldia, whereas mineralized protaspid stages are apparently lacking in Triarthrus jachalensis. Triarthrus jachalensis was capable of sphaeroidal enrollment by meraspid degree 2. Precordilleran species bear closest comparison to others from Spitsbergen (Porterfieldia acava n. sp. and P. parapunctata) and Sweden/Norway (Triarthrus jachalensis and T. linnarssoni).

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Journal of Paleontology , Volume 79 , Issue 1 , January 2005 , pp. 89 - 109
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