Malchi
Genus of trilobites
Malchi Temporal range: Late Tournaisian | |
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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
- ^ 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 [1]
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