page_title: Opsieobuthus
hierarchical_section_title: Opsieobuthus
caption_attribution_description: English: Ecological reconstruction.&#160;?Opsieobuthus tungeri sp. nov. placed in its suggested original environment at the mouth of a burrow on the forest floor.
context_page_description: Opsieobuthus is an extinct genus of centromachid scorpion from the Chemnitz petrified forest in Germany. It was alive during the Permian period in Germany. Two species are currently known: O. pottsvillensis and O. tungeri.
context_section_description: 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 and O. tungeri.
caption: An artist's illustration of O. tungeri at the mouth of its burrow
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