Mackenziurus
| Mackenzieurus ceejayi | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Trilobita |
| Order: | Phacopida |
| Family: | Encrinuridae |
| Genus: | Mackenziurus Edgecombe & Chatterton, 1990 |
| Type species | |
| Mackenziurus reimeri | |
Mackenziurus is a genus of trilobites from the Silurian[1] containing several species, including four named after members of the American punk band the Ramones.[2][3]
Species
The type species is M. reimeri, described in 1990. The species named for members of the Ramones 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
See also
References
- ↑ 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. and Edgecombe, G. D. (1997). "Silurian encrinurine trilobites from the central Canadian Arctic". Palaeontographica Canadiana. 14: 1–109.
- ↑ Curiosities of Biological Nomenclature
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