Mackenzie Gordon Jr. (April 4, 1913–January 30, 1992)https://rock.geosociety.org/net/documents/gsa/memorials/v23/Gordon-M.pdf was an American invertebrate paleontologist. He was an expert on

Carboniferous The Carboniferous ( ) is a Geologic time scale, geologic period and System (stratigraphy), system of the Paleozoic era (geology), era that spans 60 million years, from the end of the Devonian Period Ma (million years ago) to the beginning of the ...

fossils. Gordon worked for the

United States Geological Survey The United States Geological Survey (USGS), founded as the Geological Survey, is an agency of the U.S. Department of the Interior whose work spans the disciplines of biology, geography, geology, and hydrology. The agency was founded on Mar ...

for 40 years, from 1941 to 1981. He was a research associate at the

National Museum of Natural History The National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) is a natural history museum administered by the Smithsonian Institution, located on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., United States. It has free admission and is open 364 days a year. With 4.4 ...

from 1981 to his death in 1992.Mackenzie Gordon, Jr.
at the SIA archives.

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1913 births 1992 deaths American paleontologists Smithsonian Institution people {{paleontologist-stub