Mackenziurus
{{Short description|Genus of trilobites}}
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{{Taxobox
| name = Mackenziurus
| image = Mackenziurus lauriae.jpg
| image_caption = Drawing of the Silurian trilobite Mackenziurus lauriae
| regnum = Animalia
| phylum = Arthropoda
| classis = Trilobita
| ordo = Phacopida
| familia = Encrinuridae
| genus = Mackenziurus
| genus_authority = Edgecombe & Chatterton, 1990
| type_species= Mackenziurus reimeri
}}
Mackenziurus is a genus of phacopid trilobites from the Silurian{{cite journal|last1=Edgecombe|first1=Gregory D.|last2=Chatterton|first2=Brian D. E.|title=Mackenziurus, a new genus of the Silurian "Encrinurus" variolaris Plexus (Trilobita).|journal=American Museum Novitates|date=1990|issue=2968|pages=1–22|url=http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/dspace/bitstream/handle/2246/5060//v2/dspace/ingest/pdfSource/nov/N2968.pdf?sequence=1}} containing several species, including four named after members of the American punk band the Ramones.{{cite journal|author1=Adrain, J. M. |author2=Edgecombe, G. D. |year=1997|title= Silurian encrinurine trilobites from the central Canadian Arctic|journal=Palaeontographica Canadiana|volume= 14|pages= 1–109|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/271695841}}[http://www.curioustaxonomy.net/etym/people.html Curiosities of Biological Nomenclature]
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:
- M. joeyi, named after Joey Ramone
- M. johnnyi, named after Johnny Ramone
- M. deedeei, named after Dee Dee Ramone
- M. ceejayi, named after C. J. Ramone
Additional Mackenziurus species include:
- M. lauriae Gass, Edgecombe, Ramsköld, Mikulic & Watkins, 1992{{cite journal|last1=Gass|first1=Kenneth C.|last2=Edgecombe|first2=Gregory D.|last3=Ramsköld|first3=Lars|last4=Mikulic|first4=Donald G.|last5=Watkins|first5=Rodney|title=Silurian Encrinurinae (Trilobita) from the Central United States.|journal=Journal of Paleontology|volume=66|issue=1|pages=75–89|year=1992|doi=10.1017/S0022336000033497 |bibcode=1992JPal...66...75G |s2cid=133344102 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/278156574}}
- M. emielityi Gass, 1999{{cite journal|last1=Gass|first1=Kenneth C|title=Mackenziurus emielityi new species: a new encrinurine (Trilobita) from the Silurian (Wenlock-Ludlow) of Wisconsin and Illinois|journal=Journal of Paleontology|volume=73|issue=5|pages=977–978|year=1999|doi=10.1017/S0022336000040816 |bibcode=1999JPal...73..977G |s2cid=133342160 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/301584273}}
See also
References
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Category:Fossil taxa described in 1990
Category:Trilobites of North America
Category:Paleozoic life of the Northwest Territories
Category:Paleozoic life of Nunavut
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