Mackenziurus_deedeei
Mackenziurus
Genus of trilobites
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]
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| Genus: | Mackenziurus Edgecombe & Chatterton, 1990 |
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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:
- 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.
- 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.
