Description

Early Cambrian (Eoredlichia Zone)
Yu’ anshan Member., Qiongzhusi Formation
Chengjiang, China
Very rare 30mm trilobitomorph.

Arthropod, Chengjiang. Lagerstatten.

Saperion is a genus of trilobite-like arthropods (Subclass Conciliterga) classified within the Subphylum Trilobitomorpha.  Saperion is similar to its relatives, Kuamaia and Skioldia, but it has a more elongate outline and it lacks marginal spines.  It is known only from the Chengjiang Fauna.