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Opsieobuthus tungeri

Arachnida - Scorpiones - Centromachidae

Taxonomy
Opsieobuthus tungeri was named by Dunlop et al. (2016). Its type specimen is MfN Chemnitz TA1126, an exoskeleton, and it is an impression. Its type locality is Chemnitz petrified forest (Chemnitz-Hilbersdorf), which is in a Sakmarian/Artinskian dry floodplain tuff in the Leukersdorf Formation of Germany.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2016Opsieobuthus tungeri Dunlop et al. p. 8 figs. 5-9

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—Deuteropoda
subphylumChelicerataHeymons 1901
—EuchelicerataWeygoldt and Paulus 1979
—Prosomapoda
RankNameAuthor
—Planaterga
—Dekatriata
—SclerophorataKamenz et al. 2011
classArachnidaLamarck 1801
—Stomothecata
orderScorpionesLatreille 1817
suborderHolosternina()
superfamilyMesophonoideaWills 1910
familyCentromachidae
genusOpsieobuthus
speciestungeri

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Opsieobuthus tungeri Dunlop et al. 2016
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Grouping: solitaryc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 09:55:58
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:55:58
Source: c = class
Reference: Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: base of the Sakmarian to the top of the Artinskian or 293.52000 to 279.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sakmarian - Artinskian293.52 - 279.3Germany Opsieobuthus tungeri (type locality: 153497)