Xiphosura - Xiphosurida - Belinuridae

Synonyms: Liomesaspis leonardensis Tasch 1961, Palatinaspis beimbaueri Malz and Poschmann 1993, Palatinaspis fritschi Remy and Remy 1959, Pringlia bispinosa Raymond 1944, Pringlia demaistrei Vandenberghe 1960, Pringlia fritschi Remy and Remy 1959, Pringlia leonardensis Tasch 1961

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

Belongs to Liomesaspis according to J. C. Lamsdell 2020

See also Dunlop et al. 2013, Dunlop et al. 2020, Lamsdell 2016, Malz and Poschmann 1993, Raymond 1944, Remy and Remy 1959, Simon 1971, Tasch 1961 and Vandenberghe 1960

Sister taxa: none

Type specimens:

• Liomesaspis laevis: MCZ 4698, a carapace. Its type locality is Mazon Creek (MCZ collection), which is in a Westphalian D deltaic mudstone in the Carbondale Formation of Illinois.
• Palatinaspis beimbaueri: NMM 5825, a carapace. Its type locality is Excavation east of Niedermoschel, which is in an Asselian lacustrine - large siliciclastic in the Meisenheim Formation of Germany.
• Pringlia bispinosa: YPM 16911, a carapace. Its type locality is Mazon Creek (YPM collection), which is in a Westphalian D deltaic mudstone in the Carbondale Formation of Illinois.
• Pringlia demaistrei: Its type locality is Loire coalfield, well 6, 1049.6 m depth , which is in a Stephanian C fluvial-lacustrine shale in France.
• Pringlia fritschi: Its type locality is Borehole A near Plötz, 583.15 m depth, which is in a Stephanian C fluvial-lacustrine siliciclastic in the Wettin Formation of Germany.
• Pringlia leonardensis: W.U. 200, a carapace. Its type locality is Annelly VIII, bed 2, which is in an Artinskian lacustrine lime mudstone in the Wellington Formation of Kansas.

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

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