Malchi

Malchi
Temporal range: Mississippian
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.


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