Avalanchurus

Avalanchurus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	† Trilobita
Order:	† Phacopida
Family:	† Encrinuridae
Genus:	† Avalanchurus Edgecombe & Chatterton, 1993
Type species
Avalanchurus lennoni [1] Edgecombe & Chatterton, 1993
Species
5; see text

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 lennoniEdgecombe & Chatterton, 1993 (named in honour of John Lennon)
• Avalanchurus starriEdgecombe & Chatterton, 1993 (named in honour of Ringo Starr)
• Avalanchurus simoniAdrain & Edgecombe, 1997 (named in honour of Paul Simon)
• Avalanchurus garfunkeliAdrain & Edgecombe, 1997 (named in honour of Art Garfunkel)

See also

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

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. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
2. Adrain, Jonathan M.; Edgecombe, Gregory D. (1997). "Silurian encrinurine trilobites from the central Canadian Arctic" (PDF). Palaeontographica Canadiana. 14: 1–109. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.

External links

• Avalanchurus at the Paleobiology Database