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Mackenziurus ✝
Description | Mackenziurus is a genus of phacopid trilobites from the Silurian containing several species, including four named after members of the American punk band the Ramones. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mackenziurus, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rank | genus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Phacopida : Encrinuridae : Mackenziurus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Mackenziurus Edgecombe & Chatterton, 1990 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | Am Mus Novit No. 2968 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 443 - 431 Ma Silurian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 431 - 427 Ma Silurian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Environment | marine (based on Trilobita) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | fast-moving (based on Trilobita) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | well-developed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | carnivore (based on Trilobita) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ontogeny | molting,addition of parts (based on Trilobita) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | low Mg calcite, chitin (based on Trilobita) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mackenziurus |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Mackenziurus ceejayi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Mackenziurus deedeei species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Mackenziurus emielityi ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Mackenziurus joeyi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Mackenziurus johnny species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Mackenziurus lauriae ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 443 Ma Silurian | 443 Ma Silurian |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1990 | Mackenziurus Edgecom |
2002 | Mackenziurus Jell and Adrain p. 401 |
2002 | Mackenziurus Sepkoski, Jr. |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!