Struszia is a genus of fossil trilobites from the Silurian period, erected in 1993 and named after paleontologist Desmond L. Strusz.[1][2]
| Struszia | |
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Scientific classification 
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| 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
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| Species | |
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16; see text | |
Species
editThe 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
editReferences
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
External links
edit- Struszia at the Paleobiology Database
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