Buffalopterus
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]
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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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References
- Some Eurypterida from the Ordovician and Silurian of New York Erik N. Kjellesvig-Waering and Carol A. Heubusch
See also
- List of eurypterids
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