Liomesaspis Raymond 1944 (arthropod)

Xiphosura - Xiphosurida - Belinuridae

Full reference: P. E. Raymond. 1944. Late Paleozoic xiphosurans. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 94:475-508

Parent taxon: Belinuridae according to J. C. Lamsdell 2020

See also Bergström 1975, Dunlop et al. 2013, Dunlop et al. 2020, Lamsdell 2016, Raymond 1944 and Størmer 1955

Sister taxa: Alanops, Anacontium, Andersoniella, Belinurus, Euproops, Prestwichianella, Pringlia, Prolimulus, Protolimulus, Stilpnocephalus, Xiphosuroides

Subtaxa: Liomesaspis laevis

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Type: Liomesaspis laevis

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution:

• Permian of Germany (1 collection), United States (1: Kansas)

• Carboniferous of France (1), Germany (6), the United Kingdom (1), United States (2: Illinois)

Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence

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