Opsieobuthus

Opsieobuthus; Temporal range: Early Permian, Sakmarian PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
	Reconstruction
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Scorpiones
Family:	Buthidae
Genus:	Opsieobuthus; Kjellesvig-Waering, 1986
Type species
	Opsieobuthus pottsvillensis; Kjellesvig-Waering, 1986[1]
Species
	?O. tungeri Dunlop et al. 2016; O. pottsvillensis Kjellesvig-Waering, 1986

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

Opsieobuthus is an extinct genus of buthid 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 and O. tungeri.^[2]

References

↑ Kjellesvig-Waering, E. N. (1986). "A restudy of the fossil Scorpionida of the world". Palaeontographica Americana. 55: 1–287.
↑ 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). doi:10.1186/s12862-016-0634-z.

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[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). doi:10.1186/s12862-016-0634-z.