Saperion
Appearance
Saperion Temporal range:
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
(unranked): | †Artiopoda |
Subphylum: | †Trilobitomorpha |
Subclass: | †Conciliterga |
Genus: | †Saperion Hou, Ramsköld & Bergström, 1991 |
Type species | |
Saperion glumaceum Hou, Ramsköld & Bergström, 1991
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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]
References
- ^ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera (Trilobita entry)". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Retrieved 2008-01-12.
- ^ 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.