Malchi
Temporal range: Late Tournaisian
Reconstructions of M. magnificus and Planokaskia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Trilobita
Order:
Proetida
Family:
Phillipsiidae
Genus:
Malchi

Engel & Morris 1994
Binomial name
Malchi magnificus
Engel & Morris 1994[1]

Malchi magnificus is a proetid trilobite belonging to the family Phillipsiidae. The exquisitely preserved fossils are found in Lower Carboniferous-aged marine strata of what is now Malchi Creek, Queensland, Australia.

References

  1. ↑ Engel, B. A., and N. Morris. "Ditomopyginae (Trilobita) from the Lower Carboniferous of eastern Australia (i) Australokaskia (Australokaskia), Planokaskia, Malchi n. gen." Geologica et Palaeontologica 28 (1994): 79-101.
  • Proetida fact sheet


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