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.
Species
The genus contains five described species, most of them named after famous musicians:
- Avalanchurus dakon <small>(Ã
 najdr, 1983)</small>
- Avalanchurus lennoni <small>Edgecombe & Chatterton, 1993</small> (named in honour of John Lennon)
- Avalanchurus starri <small>Edgecombe & Chatterton, 1993</small> (named in honour of Ringo Starr)
- Avalanchurus simoni <small>Adrain & Edgecombe, 1997</small> (named in honour of Paul Simon)
- Avalanchurus garfunkeli <small>Adrain & Edgecombe, 1997</small> (named in honour of Art Garfunkel)
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