Saperion

Saperion is an extinct genus of trilobite-like arthropod. It lived during the late Atdabanian stage,[1] which lasted from 530 to 524 million years ago during the early part of the Cambrian Period. It was found in the Maotianshan Shales[2]

Saperion
Temporal range: Cambrian Stage 3
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
(unranked): †Artiopoda
Subclass: †Conciliterga
Genus: †Saperion
Hou, Ramsköld & Bergström, 1991
Type species
Saperion glumaceum
Hou, Ramsköld & Bergström, 1991

References
  1. Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera (Trilobita entry)". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Retrieved 2008-01-12.
  2. Xianguang, Hou; Ramskold, Lars; Bergstrom, Jan (October 1991). "Composition and preservation of the Chengjiang fauna -a Lower Cambrian soft-bodied biota". Zoologica Scripta. 20 (4): 395–411. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.1991.tb00303.x. ISSN 0300-3256.


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