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Genus of trilobites
Mackenziurus
Drawing of the Silurian trilobite Mackenziurus lauriae
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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]
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]
^ 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.
^ Adrain, J. M.; Edgecombe, G. D. (1997).
"Silurian encrinurine trilobites from the central Canadian Arctic" . Palaeontographica Canadiana . 14 : 1–109.
^
Curiosities of Biological Nomenclature
^ 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 .
^ 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 .