Opsieobuthus

Opsieobuthus is an extinct genus of centromachid scorpion from the Chemnitz petrified forest in Germany. It was alive during the Permian period in Germany (~291–280 ma). Two species are currently known: O. pottsvillensis[1] and O. tungeri.[2]

An artist's illustration of O. tungeri at the mouth of its burrow

Opsieobuthus
Temporal range: Early Permian, Sakmarian
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Holotypes (A-B) and paratypes (C-D) of O. tungeri
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Scorpiones
Family: †Centromachidae
Genus: †Opsieobuthus
Kjellesvig-Waering, 1986
Type species
†Opsieobuthus pottsvillensis
Kjellesvig-Waering, 1986[1]
Species
  • †O. pottsvillensis Kjellesvig-Waering, 1986
  • †O. tungeri Dunlop et al. 2016

References
  1. Kjellesvig-Waering, E. N. (1986). "A restudy of the fossil Scorpionida of the world". Palaeontographica Americana. 55: 1–287.
  2. Dunlop, Jason A.; Legg, David A.; Selden, Paul A.; Fet, Victor; Schneider, Joerg W.; Rößler, Ronny (2016). "Permian scorpions from the Petrified Forest of Chemnitz, Germany". BMC Evolutionary Biology. 16 (1): 72. doi:10.1186/s12862-016-0634-z. PMC 4823912. PMID 27056633.
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