Struszia

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

Species

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

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

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

• Avalanchurus dakon <small>(Å najdr, 1983)</small>
• Avalanchurus lennoni <small>Edgecombe & Chatterton, 1993</small> (named after John Lennon)
• Avalanchurus starri <small>Edgecombe & Chatterton, 1993</small> (named after Ringo Starr)

See also

• List of organisms named after famous people (born 1925–1949)

References

External links

• Struszia at the Paleobiology Database