†Opsieobuthus tungeri Dunlop et al. 2016 (scorpion)
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Arachnida - Scorpiones - Centromachidae
Full reference: J. A. Dunlop, D. A. Legg, P. A. Selden, V. Fet, J. W. Schneider and R. Rößler. 2016. Permian scorpions from the Petrified Forest of Chemnitz, Germany. BMC Evolutionary Biology 16(72):1-16
Belongs to Opsieobuthus according to J. A. Dunlop et al. 2016
Sister taxon: Opsieobuthus pottsvillensis
Type specimen: MfN Chemnitz TA1126, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Chemnitz petrified forest (Chemnitz-Hilbersdorf), which is in a Sakmarian/Artinskian dry floodplain tuff in the Leukersdorf Formation of Germany.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Chemnitz petrified forest (Chemnitz-Hilbersdorf)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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