Liomesaspis

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Liomesaspis
Fossil range: late Carboniferous-Early Permian
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Xiphosura
Order: Xiphosurida
Suborder: Bellinurina
Family: Euproopidae
Genus: Liomesaspis

Liomesaspis is an extinct genus of xiphosuran, related to the modern horseshoe crab. It lived from the late Carboniferous to the Early Permian.

[edit] Sources

  • Evolution: What the Fossils Say and Why It Matters by Donald R. Prothero and Carl Buell
  • Bringing Fossils To Life: An Introduction To Paleobiology by Donald R. Prothero

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