Mackenzie Gordon Jr.

{{short description|American paleontologist}}

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|birth_date = April 4, 1913

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|death_date = {{death date and age|1992|1|30|1913|4|4}}

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|nationality = American

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|field = Invertebrate paleontology

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|known_for = Authority on carboniferous fossils

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Mackenzie Gordon Jr. (April 4, 1913–January 30, 1992)https://rock.geosociety.org/net/documents/gsa/memorials/v23/Gordon-M.pdf was an American invertebrate paleontologist. He was an expert on Carboniferous fossils. Gordon worked for the United States Geological Survey for 40 years, from 1941 to 1981. He was a research associate at the National Museum of Natural History from 1981 to his death in 1992.[http://siarchives.si.edu/collections/siris_arc_252262 Mackenzie Gordon, Jr.] at the SIA archives.