Malchi
| Malchi Temporal range: Late Tournaisian
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| Genus: | Malchi Engel & Morris 1994
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| Malchi magnificus Engel & Morris 1994[1]
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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]