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