NU L1049. Malchi Creek, Malchi, near Gracemere (Carboniferous of Australia)

Where: Queensland, Australia (23.4° S, 150.4° E: paleocoordinates 26.7° S, 141.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Schellwienella burlingtonensis brachiopod zone, Malchi Creek Formation (Rockhampton Group), Tournaisian (358.9 - 346.7 Ma)

• Given as just Malchi formation by Australian Stratigraphic Units Database. Overlies Gudman Oolite and underlies Lion Creek Limestone.

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; mudstone and limestone

• Silicified mudstone, lithic sandstone, oolitic limestone, conglomerate (from https://asud.ga.gov.au/search-stratigraphic-units/results/11082)

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: T. A. Vanderlaan and M. C. Ebach. 2015. A review of the Carboniferous and Permian trilobites of Australia. Zootaxa 3926(1):1-56 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 217040: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 19.01.2021

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Trilobita
 Proetida - Phillipsiidae
? Winterbergia elegans n. sp. Engel and Morris 1989 trilobite
Gracemerea archeri n. sp. Engel and Morris 1989 trilobite
Malchi magnificus Engel and Morris 1994 trilobite
 Proetida - Brachymetopidae
Brachymetopus (Brachymetopus) intermedius Engel and Morris 1992 trilobite
"Namuropyge australis n. sp." = Namuropyge (Engelimorrisia) australis Engel and Morris 1991 trilobite
Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Cranaenidae
 Rhynchonellida - Trigonirhynchiidae
Angustispatulata campbelli Qian and Roberts 1995
Strophomenata
 Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae