Mackenziurus

Mackenziurus
Drawing of the Silurian trilobite Mackenziurus lauriae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Trilobita
Order:
Phacopida
Family:
Encrinuridae
Genus:
Mackenziurus

Edgecombe & Chatterton, 1990
Type species
Mackenziurus reimeri

Mackenziurus is a genus of phacopid trilobites from the Silurian[1] containing several species, including four named after members of the American punk band the Ramones.[2][3]

Species

The type species is M. reimeri, described by G.D. Edgecombe and B.D.E. Chatterton in 1990. The species named for members of the Ramones, all named by J.M. Adrain and G.D. Edgecombe in 1997, are:

Additional Mackenziurus species include:

  • M. lauriae Gass, Edgecombe, Ramsköld, Mikulic & Watkins, 1992[4]
  • M. emielityi Gass, 1999[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ Edgecombe, Gregory D.; Chatterton, Brian D. E. (1990). "Mackenziurus, a new genus of the Silurian "Encrinurus" variolaris Plexus (Trilobita)" (PDF). American Museum Novitates (2968): 1–22.
  2. ^ Adrain, J. M.; Edgecombe, G. D. (1997). "Silurian encrinurine trilobites from the central Canadian Arctic". Palaeontographica Canadiana. 14: 1–109.
  3. ^ Curiosities of Biological Nomenclature
  4. ^ Gass, Kenneth C.; Edgecombe, Gregory D.; Ramsköld, Lars; Mikulic, Donald G.; Watkins, Rodney (1992). "Silurian Encrinurinae (Trilobita) from the Central United States". Journal of Paleontology. 66 (1): 75–89. Bibcode:1992JPal...66...75G. doi:10.1017/S0022336000033497. S2CID 133344102.
  5. ^ Gass, Kenneth C (1999). "Mackenziurus emielityi new species: a new encrinurine (Trilobita) from the Silurian (Wenlock-Ludlow) of Wisconsin and Illinois". Journal of Paleontology. 73 (5): 977–978. Bibcode:1999JPal...73..977G. doi:10.1017/S0022336000040816. S2CID 133342160.


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