Artiopoda is a clade of extinct arthropods that includes trilobites and their close relatives. It was erected by Hou and Bergström in 1997 to encompass a wide diversity of arthropods that would tradit
Restoration of the trilobite Triarthrus eatoni
Life restoration of Pleuroctenium (Agnostida)
Trilobites are extinct marine arthropods that form the class Trilobita. One of the earliest groups of arthropods to appear in the fossil record, trilobites were among the most successful of all early
Artiopoda
…Artiopoda is a clade of extinct arthropods that includes trilobites and their close relatives. It was erected by Hou and Bergström in 1997 to encompass a wide diversity of arthropods that would traditionally have been…
Redlichiida, such as this Paradoxides, may represent the ancestral trilobites.
Fossil Prochuangia from the Cambrian period of Darnjal Formation, Tabas, Iran
Meroperix, from the Silurian of Wisconsin
Walliserops trifurcatus, from Jebel Oufatene mountain near Fezzou, Morocco