Biology:Malchi

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Short description: Genus of trilobites

Malchi
Temporal range: Late Tournaisian
Malchi magnificus.jpg
Reconstructions of M. magnificus and Planokaskia
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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 [1]

Wikidata ☰ Q28428147 entry