"Arthropodomorpha"

	Mikko's Phylogeny Archive	Main Groups of Protostomes
	"Arthropodomorpha"

<==o ARTHROPODOMORPHA (niveljalkaismaiset eläimet)
   |--o †SPRIGGINIDA
   |  |?- †Bomakellia
   |  `-- †Spriggina floundersi
   `--o "ARTHROPODA" (niveljalkaiset) [polyphyletic??]
      |?-+?- TARDIGRADA (karhukaiset; water bears)
      |  `--+-- UNIRAMIA (tuhatjalkais-hyönteiset)
      |     `-- LOBOPODA [Onychophora sensu lato] (käsnäjalkaiset; lobopods, velvet worms)
      `--+--o †"ANOMALOCARIA"
         |  |?- †Kerygmachela kierkegaardi
         |  |--o †OPABINIDA
         |  |  `-- †Opabinia
         |  `--o †ANOMALOCARIDA (anomalocaridit)
         |     |== †others anomalocarids
         |     `-- †Anomalocaris
         `-- SCHIZORAMIA (äyriäis-hämähäkit)

Reference(s):

Conway Morris, S., 1993: The fossil record and early evolution of the Metazoa.
–Nature, vol. 361, 21 January, pp. 219-225

Hou, X. & Bergström, J., 1997: Arthropods of the Lower Cambrian Chengjiang fauna, southwest China.
–Fossils & Strata, Number 45, 22nd December 1997, pp. 1-116

Parker, S. P. (ed.), 1982: Synopsis and classification of living organisms. Vols. 1 & 2
–McGrew-Hill Book Company