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)
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Notes and References
- 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.
- 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.