Struszia

{{Short description|Extinct genus of trilobites}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| taxon = Struszia

| authority = Edgecombe, Ramsköld & Chatterton, 1993

| type_species = Struszia obtusa

| type_species_authority = (Angelin, 1851) Edgecombe, Ramsköld & Chatterton, 1993

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = 16; see text

}}

Struszia is a genus of fossil trilobites from the Silurian period, erected in 1993 and named after paleontologist Desmond L. Strusz.{{cite journal|last1=Edgecombe|first1=Gregory D.|last2=Chatterton|first2=Brian D.E.|year=1993|title=Silurian (Wenlock-Ludlow) encrinurine trilobites from the Mackenzie Mountains, Canada, and related species|journal=Palaeontographica Abteilung A|volume=229|issue=4–6|pages=75–112| url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/271695841|access-date=16 April 2021}}{{cite journal|last1=Adrain|first1=Jonathan M.|last2=Edgecombe|first2=Gregory D.|year=1997|title=Silurian encrinurine trilobites from the central Canadian Arctic|journal=Palaeontographica Canadiana|volume=14|pages=1–109|url=https://myweb.uiowa.edu/jadrain/resources/Publications/AdrainEdgecombe1997a.pdf|access-date=17 April 2021|archive-date=17 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210417000546/https://myweb.uiowa.edu/jadrain/resources/Publications/AdrainEdgecombe1997a.pdf|url-status=dead}}

Species

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

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

See also

References

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