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{{Short description|Extinct genus of trilobites}}
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{{speciesbox
| name = ''Han solo'' | name = ''Han solo''
| fossil_range = {{fossil range|Middle Ordovician}} | fossil_range = {{fossil range|Middle Ordovician}}
| image = Han solo trilobite.JPG
| regnum = ]ia
| image_caption = Artist's reconstruction
| phylum = ]a
⚫ | genus = Han
| classis = ]
⚫ | parent_authority = Turvey, 2005
| ordo = ]
⚫ | species = solo
⚫ | familia = ]
⚫ | authority = Turvey, 2005
| subfamilia = ]
⚫ | genus = '''''Han'''''
⚫ | genus_authority = Turvey, 2005
⚫ | species = '''''H. solo'''''
| binomial = ''Han solo''
⚫ | binomial_authority = Turvey, 2005
}} }}

'''''Han''''' is a genus of ] ], whose sole member is '''''Han solo''''', a species known only from ]s found in the ] ] of southern ]. '''''Han''''' is a ] of ] ], whose sole member is '''''Han solo'''''. The type specimen of ''H. solo'' was found in marine strata of the Arenig to Llanvirn-aged ] of Middle ] southern ] and is named after the ] in '']''.


==Taxonomy== ==Taxonomy==
This taxon was erected in 2005, based upon fossil material found in beds of lower ] exposed in ], ], ] in north ], ]. Fossil material include a ] and two ]. It was found to belong to family ], subfamily ]; it was originally thought to be most closely related to the genus '']'', but it differed substantially from that genus in both some important diagnostic characters, and in the age of the beds in it was deposited, so a new genus was erected.<ref name="Turvey 2005">{{cite journal | author = Samuel T. Turvey | year = 2005 | title = Agnostid trilobites from the Arenig–Llanvirn of South China | journal = ]: Earth Sciences | volume = 95 | issue = 3–4 | pages = 527–542 | url = http://journals.cambridge.org/production/action/cjoGetFulltext?fulltextid=1199796 | accessdate = February 9, 2009 | doi = 10.1017/S0263593304000355}}</ref> This taxon was erected in 2005, based upon fossil material found in beds of lower ] exposed in ], Reshi, ] in north ], ]. Fossil material include a ] and two ]. It was found to belong to family ], subfamily ]; it was originally thought to be most closely related to the genus '']'', but it differed substantially from that genus in both some important diagnostic characters, and in the age of the beds in it was deposited, so a new genus was erected.<ref name="Turvey 2005">{{cite journal|first=Samuel T.|last=Turvey|year=2005|title=Agnostid trilobites from the Arenig–Llanvirn of South China|journal=Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Earth Sciences|volume=95|issue=3–4|pages=527–542|url=http://journals.cambridge.org/production/action/cjoGetFulltext?fulltextid=1199796|accessdate=February 9, 2009|doi=10.1017/S0263593304000355}}</ref>


==Etymology== ==Etymology==
According to the original publication, the generic name ''Han'' is a reference to the ], the largest ] in present-day China; and the specific epithet ''solo'' refers to the fact that the species is the youngest ] fossil found to that date, suggesting that it was the last surviving member of that family.<ref name="Turvey 2005"/> However, Turvey has stated elsewhere that he named it after ] because some friends dared him to name a species after a ] character.<ref name="Curiosities">{{cite web | url = http://www.curioustaxonomy.net/etym/fiction.html | title = Etymology: Names from Fictional Characters | work = Curiosities of Biological Nomenclature | accessdate = February 5, 2009}}</ref> According to the original publication, the generic name ''Han'' is a reference to the ], the largest ] in China; and the specific epithet ''solo'' refers to the fact that the species is the youngest ] fossil found to that date, suggesting that it was the last surviving member of that family.<ref name="Turvey 2005"/> However, Samuel Turvey has stated elsewhere that he named it after ] because some friends dared him to name a species after a '']'' character.<ref name="Curiosities">{{cite web | url = http://www.curioustaxonomy.net/etym/fiction.html | title = Etymology: Names from Fictional Characters | work = Curiosities of Biological Nomenclature | accessdate = February 5, 2009}}</ref>


This is not the only unusual scientific name erected by Turvey; in the same paper he named a new species of '']'' '']'', because of "the resemblance of the pygidial axis to the heads of ], two characters from '']''."<ref name="Turvey 2005"/> The actor who portrays Han Solo in Star Wars, ], also has a species of spider named for him, '']''. ] ] named it for him out of thanks for assistance in a museum film production. Other taxa named after Star Wars characters include the ] '']'', the ] ] genus '']'', the ]s '']'' and '']'', and the ] '']''.<ref name="Curiosities"/> This is not the only unusual scientific name erected by Turvey; in the same paper he named a new species '']'', because of "the resemblance of the pygidial axis to the heads of ], two characters from '']''."<ref name="Turvey 2005"/>


==See also== ==See also==
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==References== ==References==
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Latest revision as of 18:54, 19 August 2024

Extinct genus of trilobites

Han solo
Temporal range: Middle Ordovician PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Artist's reconstruction
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: †Trilobita (?)
Order: †Agnostida
Family: †Diplagnostidae
Genus: †Han
Turvey, 2005
Species: †H. solo
Binomial name
†Han solo
Turvey, 2005

Han is a monotypic genus of agnostid trilobite, whose sole member is Han solo. The type specimen of H. solo was found in marine strata of the Arenig to Llanvirn-aged Zitai Formation of Middle Ordovician southern China and is named after the character in Star Wars.

Taxonomy

This taxon was erected in 2005, based upon fossil material found in beds of lower Zitai Formation exposed in Maocaopu, Reshi, Taoyuan County in north Hunan, China. Fossil material include a cephalon and two pygidia. It was found to belong to family Diplagnostidae, subfamily Pseudagnostinae; it was originally thought to be most closely related to the genus Pseudorhaptagnostus, but it differed substantially from that genus in both some important diagnostic characters, and in the age of the beds in it was deposited, so a new genus was erected.

Etymology

According to the original publication, the generic name Han is a reference to the Han Chinese, the largest ethnic group in China; and the specific epithet solo refers to the fact that the species is the youngest Diplagnostidae fossil found to that date, suggesting that it was the last surviving member of that family. However, Samuel Turvey has stated elsewhere that he named it after Han Solo because some friends dared him to name a species after a Star Wars character.

This is not the only unusual scientific name erected by Turvey; in the same paper he named a new species Geragnostus waldorfstatleri, because of "the resemblance of the pygidial axis to the heads of Waldorf and Statler, two characters from The Muppet Show."

See also

References

  1. ^ Turvey, Samuel T. (2005). "Agnostid trilobites from the Arenig–Llanvirn of South China". Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Earth Sciences. 95 (3–4): 527–542. doi:10.1017/S0263593304000355. Retrieved February 9, 2009.
  2. "Etymology: Names from Fictional Characters". Curiosities of Biological Nomenclature. Retrieved February 5, 2009.
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