Struszia

Struszia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	†Trilobita
Order:	†Phacopida
Family:	†Encrinuridae
Genus:	†Struszia; Edgecombe, Ramsköld & Chatterton, 1993
Type species
	Struszia obtusa; (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]

(Přibyl & Vaněk, 1962)
(Perry & Chatterton, 1979)
Adrain & Edgecombe, 1997 (named after Brian Epstein)
Edgecombe & Chatterton, 1993 (named after George Harrison)
(Kegel, 1927)
(Kindle & Breger, 1904)
Adrain & Edgecombe, 1997 (named after George Martin)
Struszia mccartneyi Edgecombe & Chatterton, 1993 (named after Paul McCartney)
(Angelin, 1851)
Adrain & Edgecombe, 1997 (named after Yoko Ono)
Adrain & Edgecombe, 1997 (named after Pete Best)
(Edgecombe, 1990)
(Tripp et al., 1977)
(Münster, 1840)
(Šnajdr, 1981)
(Barrande, 1852)

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

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

References[]

^ ^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. Retrieved 17 April 2021.

External links[]

Struszia at the Paleobiology Database

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[silurian1993-1] 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.

[silurian1997-2] Adrain, Jonathan M.; Edgecombe, Gregory D. (1997). "Silurian encrinurine trilobites from the central Canadian Arctic" (PDF). Palaeontographica Canadiana. 14: 1–109. Retrieved 17 April 2021.

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Struszia

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