''Opsieobuthus'' is an

extinct Extinction is the termination of a kind of organism or of a group of kinds (taxon), usually a species. The moment of extinction is generally considered to be the death of the last individual of the species, although the capacity to breed and ...

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

of centromachid

scorpion Scorpions are predatory arachnids of the order Scorpiones. They have eight legs, and are easily recognized by a pair of grasping pincers and a narrow, segmented tail, often carried in a characteristic forward curve over the back and always end ...

. The type species ''O. pottsvillensis'' was named from the late Carboniferous of Clay City, Indiana. A second species ?''O. tungeri'' was tentatively assigned to the genus from the Early Permian Chemnitz petrified forest in Germany. Opsieobuthus tungeri 3

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* Fossil taxa described in 1986 Prehistoric scorpions Permian arthropods of Europe Permian arachnids Paleozoic arachnids {{paleo-arachnid-stub