Avalanchurus Explained

Avalanchurus is an extinct genus of trilobites from the Silurian period. It was originally described in 1993 as a subgenus of Struszia, and then promoted in 1997 to genus status.^{[1] [2]}

Species

The genus contains five described species, most of them named after famous musicians:^{[1] [2]}

• Avalanchurus dakon (Šnajdr, 1983)
• Avalanchurus lennoni Edgecombe & Chatterton, 1993 (named in honour of John Lennon)
• Avalanchurus starri Edgecombe & Chatterton, 1993 (named in honour of Ringo Starr)
• Avalanchurus simoni Adrain & Edgecombe, 1997 (named in honour of Paul Simon)
• Avalanchurus garfunkeli Adrain & Edgecombe, 1997 (named in honour of Art Garfunkel)

See also

• List of organisms named after famous people (born 1900–1949)

External links

• Avalanchurus at the Paleobiology Database

Notes and References

1. Edgecombe. Gregory D.. Chatterton. Brian D.E.. 1993. Silurian (Wenlock-Ludlow) encrinurine trilobites from the Mackenzie Mountains, Canada, and related species. Palaeontographica Abteilung A. 229. 4–6. 75–112. 16 April 2021.
2. Adrain. Jonathan M.. Edgecombe. Gregory D.. 1997. Silurian encrinurine trilobites from the central Canadian Arctic. Palaeontographica Canadiana. 14. 1–109. 17 April 2021. 17 April 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210417000546/https://myweb.uiowa.edu/jadrain/resources/Publications/AdrainEdgecombe1997a.pdf. dead.