Aegrotocatellus

Aegrotocatellus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Trilobita
Order:	Phacopida
Family:	Encrinuridae
Genus:	Aegrotocatellus Adrain & Edgecombe, 1995
Type species
Aegrotocatellus jaggeri Adrain & Edgecome, 1995

Aegrotocatellus is a genus of trilobite in the order Phacopida, which existed in what is now Nunavut, Canada. It was named by Adrain and Edgecombe in 1995, and the type species is Aegrotocatellus jaggeri,[1] a species named after British musician Mick Jagger.[2][3]

See also

• Anomphalus jaggerius – snail named after Mick Jagger
• Jaggermeryx naida, extinct species of semiaquatic anthracothere named after Jagger
• Perirehaedulus richardsi a species of prehistoric trilobite named after British musician Keith Richards
• List of organisms named after famous people (born 1900–1949)

References

1. P. A. Jell & J. M. Adrain (2002). "Available generic names for trilobites" (PDF). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 48 (2): 331–553.
2. "My true love gave to me … a bat species!". CBS News. December 9, 2008. Archived from the original on December 11, 2008.
3. Mark Isaak (November 29, 2009). "Etymology: Named after People". Curiosities of Biological Nomenclature.

External links

• Aegrotocatellus at the Paleobiology Database