| Malchi Temporal range: Late Tournaisian
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| Reconstructions of Malchi magnificus and Planokaskia | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | †Artiopoda |
| Class: | †Trilobita |
| Order: | †Proetida |
| Family: | †Phillipsiidae |
| Subfamily: | †Ditomopyginae |
| Genus: | †Malchi Engel & Morris 1994 |
| Species: | †M. magnificus
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| Binomial name | |
| †Malchi magnificus Engel & Morris 19941
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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
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]