Struszia

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

Struszia
Scientific 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

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. 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

• Struszia at the Paleobiology Database