Opsieobuthus

Opsieobuthus is an extinct genus of centromachid scorpion. The type species O. pottsvillensis was named from the late Carboniferous of Clay City, Indiana.^[1] A second species ?O. tungeri was tentatively assigned to the genus from the Early Permian Chemnitz petrified forest in Germany.^[2]

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

Opsieobuthus Temporal range: Late Carboniferous-Early Permian, Pennsylvanian–Sakmarian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
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