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

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fossils. Gordon worked for the

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

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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