| Maldybulakia Temporal range:
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| Multiple species of Maldybulakia, M. malcomi (B), M. angusi (C), M. mirabilis (D). | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | incertae sedis |
| Genus: | †Maldybulakia Tesakov & Alekseev, 1998 |
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M. mirabilis Tesakov & Alekseev, 1992 (type) | |
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Lophodesmus Tesakov & Alekseev, 1992 | |
Maldybulakia is a genus of freshwater arthropod which lived during Late Silurian to Late Devonian.[1][2][3] Maldybulakia is known from three species, M. angusi and M. malcolmi from Australia, M. mirabilis from Kazakhstan, and M. saierensis from China. Its classification is uncertain, it was originally described as a myriapod-like animal, and later considered related to the xiphosurans, or an artiopod.[4][3][5]
- ^ Edgecombe, Gregory D. (1998-11-25). "Early myriapodous arthropods from Australia: Maldybulakia from the Devonian of New South Wales". Records of the Australian Museum. 50 (3): 293–313. doi:10.3853/j.0067-1975.50.1998.1288.
- ^ Tesakov, A.S.; Alexeev, A.S. (1992). "Myriapod-like arthropodes in the lower Devonian of the central Khazakhstan" (PDF). Paleontological Journal. 26: 18–23.
- ^ a b Zong, Ruiwen; Edgecombe, Gregory D.; Liu, Bingcai; Wang, Yi; Yin, Jiayi; Ma, Juan; Xu, Honghe (2023). Cherns, Lesley (ed.). "Silurian freshwater arthropod from northwest China". Papers in Palaeontology. 9 (2): e1488. doi:10.1002/spp2.1488. ISSN 2056-2799. S2CID 257843305.
- ^ Lamsdell, James C. (2013-01-01). "Revised systematics of Palaeozoic 'horseshoe crabs' and the myth of monophyletic Xiphosura". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 167 (1): 1–27. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2012.00874.x. ISSN 0024-4082. S2CID 82434358.
- ^ Lamsdell, James C. (2020-09-01). "A chasmataspidid affinity for the putative xiphosuran Kiaeria Størmer, 1934". PalZ. 94 (3): 449–453. doi:10.1007/s12542-019-00493-8. ISSN 1867-6812. S2CID 207914022.