Mackenzia

Extinct genus of corals

Mackenzia

Temporal range:
Middle Cambrian, 508 Ma

PreꞒ

Mackenzia costalis
Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Family:  | †Mackenziidae
Genus:  | †Mackenzia
Walcott, 1911
Species:  |

†M. costalis

Binomial name
†Mackenzia costalis

Walcott, 1911

Mackenzia is an elongated bag-like animal known from the Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale. It attached directly to hard surfaces, such as brachiopod shells. 14 specimens of Mackenzia are known from the Greater Phyllopod bed, where they comprise <0.1% of the community.[1] Mackenzia was originally described by Charles Walcott in 1911 as a holothurian echinoderm.[2] Later, Mackenzia is thought to be a cnidarian and appears most similar to modern sea anemones.[3]

## References

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1. ^ Caron, Jean-Bernard; Jackson, Donald A. (October 2006). "Taphonomy of the Greater Phyllopod Bed community, Burgess Shale". PALAIOS. 21 (5): 451–65\. Bibcode:2006Palai..21..451C. doi:10.2110/palo.2003.P05-070R. JSTOR 20173022. S2CID 53646959.
2. ^ Durham, J. W. (1974). "Systematic Position of Eldonia ludwigi Walcott". Journal of Paleontology. 48 (4): 750–755\. JSTOR 1303225.
3. ^ Conway Morris, S. (1993). "Ediacaran-like fossils in Cambrian Burgess Shale–type faunas of North America". Palaeontology. 36 (31–0239): 593–635.31–0239&rft.pages=593-635&rft.date=1993&rft.au=Conway+Morris,+S.&rft_id=http://ru.scribd.com/doc/4653562/Ediacaranlike-fossils-in-Cambrian-Burgess-Shaletype-faunas-of-North-America&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Mackenzia" class="Z3988">

## External links

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* "Mackenzia costalis". Burgess Shale Fossil Gallery. Virtual Museum of Canada. 2011. Archived from the original on 2020-11-12.

Taxon identifiers

Mackenzia|

* Wikidata: Q6724337
* GBIF: 4880710
* IRMNG: 1287885
* Open Tree of Life: 4716128
* Paleobiology Database: 4788

Mackenzia costalis|

* Wikidata: Q131700032
* Open Tree of Life: 7992497

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