Struszia

Extinct genus of trilobites

Struszia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Trilobita
Order: Phacopida
Family: Encrinuridae
Genus: Struszia
Edgecombe, Ramsköld & Chatterton, 1993
Type species
Struszia obtusa[1]
(Angelin, 1851) Edgecombe, Ramsköld & Chatterton, 1993
Species

16; see text

Struszia is a genus of fossil trilobites from the Silurian period, erected in 1993 and named after paleontologist Desmond L. Strusz.[1][2]

Species

The genus contains 16 species, several of them named after members of The Beatles or people connected to the band:[1][2]

  • Struszia concomitans (Přibyl & Vaněk, 1962)
  • Struszia dimitrovi (Perry & Chatterton, 1979)
  • Struszia epsteini Adrain & Edgecombe, 1997 (named after Brian Epstein)
  • Struszia harrisoni Edgecombe & Chatterton, 1993 (named after George Harrison)
  • Struszia hilarula (Kegel, 1927)
  • Struszia indianensis (Kindle & Breger, 1904)
  • Struszia martini Adrain & Edgecombe, 1997 (named after George Martin)
  • Struszia mccartneyi Edgecombe & Chatterton, 1993 (named after Paul McCartney)
  • Struszia obtusa (Angelin, 1851)
  • Struszia onoae Adrain & Edgecombe, 1997 (named after Yoko Ono)
  • Struszia petebesti Adrain & Edgecombe, 1997 (named after Pete Best)
  • Struszia ramskoeldi (Edgecombe, 1990)
  • Struszia rosensteinae (Tripp et al., 1977)
  • Struszia subvariolaris (Münster, 1840)
  • Struszia testosteron (Šnajdr, 1981)
  • Struszia transiens (Barrande, 1852)

The following species were formerly in genus Struszia (subgenus Avalanchurus), but were moved out when Avalanchurus was promoted to genus status:

  • Avalanchurus dakon (Šnajdr, 1983)
  • Avalanchurus lennoni Edgecombe & Chatterton, 1993 (named after John Lennon)
  • Avalanchurus starri Edgecombe & Chatterton, 1993 (named after Ringo Starr)

See also

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

References

  1. ^ a b c 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. ^ a b 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.

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Taxon identifiers
Struszia


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