Lamellipedia

Lamellipedia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
(unranked):	Lamellipedia
Subgroups
	Trilobita (except Agnostida); Buenaspis; Panlongia;

Lamellipedia is a proposed clade of arthropods that includes most trilobites (but not Agnostida) and their close relatives. Distinctive of the clade are the flat setae aligned in a comb-like structure on the exopod.[1]

References

Jan Bergström & Xian-Guang Hou (2005). "Early Palaeozoic non-lamellipedian arthropods". In Stefan Koenemann & Ronald A. Jenner (ed.). Crustacea and Arthropod Relationships. Crustacean Issues. Vol. 16. Taylor & Francis. pp. 75–93. doi:10.1201/9781420037548.ch4. ISBN 978-0-8493-3498-6.

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[1] Jan Bergström & Xian-Guang Hou (2005). "Early Palaeozoic non-lamellipedian arthropods". In Stefan Koenemann & Ronald A. Jenner (ed.). Crustacea and Arthropod Relationships. Crustacean Issues. Vol. 16. Taylor & Francis. pp. 75–93. doi:10.1201/9781420037548.ch4. ISBN 978-0-8493-3498-6.