Avalanchurus

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)