Arthropitys

Arthropitys; Temporal range: Carboniferous–Late Triassic, ; Bashkirian–Olenekian
	A. bistriata fossils from Chemnitz in 1964
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Division:	Polypodiophyta
Class:	Polypodiopsida
Subclass:	Equisetidae
Order:	Equisetales
Family:	†Calamitaceae
Genus:	†Arthropitys; Frenzel, 1751
Species
	A. bistriata Cotta, 1864 (type species); A. butiranensis Neregato et al., 2021; A. deltoides Cichan and Taylor, 1983; A. .sp; A. taoshuyuanensis Chen et al., 2018;

Arthropitys is an extinct genus of calamitacean equisetale. The petrified fossils of Arthropitys bistriata, the type species, can be found in the Leukersdorf Formation, Chemnitz petrified forest, Chemnitz, Germany. The genus existed from the Carboniferous (Bashkirian) until the Early Triassic (Olenekian).

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