Buffalopterus
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Order: | †Eurypterida |
| Superfamily: | †Eurypteroidea |
| Family: | †Strobilopteridae |
| Genus: | †Buffalopterus Kjellesvig-Waering & Heubusch, 1962 |
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| †Buffalopterus pustulosus Kjellesvig-Waering & Heubusch, 1962
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Buffalopterus is a prehistoric eurypterid from the Silurian-aged Bertie Formation of New York and Ontario. The genus contains one species, B. pustulosus. It is closely related to Strobilopterus, but differs primarily by having a bizarre, globular telson (which is otherwise sword-like or spine-like in other eurypterids), and in size, being estimated to be at least 1 meter in length.[1]
See also[]
- List of eurypterids
References[]
- ^ Some Eurypterida from the Ordovician and Silurian of New York Erik N. Kjellesvig-Waering and Carol A. Heubusch
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- Eurypteroidea
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- Eurypterids of North America
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- Paleontology in Ontario
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