Saperion
| Saperion Temporal range:
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| File:玉溪市博物馆-寒武纪早期-云南澄江-膜状谜虫 Saperion glumaceum.jpg | |
| Fossil of Saperion glumaceum in Yuxi Museum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | †Artiopoda |
| Subclass: | †Conciliterga |
| Order: | †Helmetiida |
| Family: | †Tegopeltidae |
| 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 521 to 514 million years ago during the early part of the Cambrian Period. It was found in the Maotianshan Shales of Yunnan, China.[2] Similar to the closely related Skioldia and Tegopelte, the head shield and trunk tergites were fused into a single plate. There are about 19 furrows indicating the original trunk segments. a small anterior sclerite articulated to the front of its head.[3] A pair of antennae and lateral eyes located ventrally behind the anterior sclerite, lateral to the hypostome.[4] Saperion reached 151 mm in length and had nearly 25 pairs of biramous limbs for walking.[5]
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