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 (Šnajdr, 1983) Avalanchurus lennoni Edgecombe & Chatterton, 1993 (named in honour of John Lennon) Avalanchurus starri Edgecombe & Chatterton, 1993 (named in honour of Ringo Starr) Avalanchurus simoni Adrain & Edgecombe, 1997 (named in honour of Paul Simon) Avalanchurus garfunkeli Adrain & Edgecombe, 1997 (named in honour of Art Garfunkel)
See also
List of organisms named after famous people (born 1900–1949)