Buffalopterus

Buffalopterus
Temporal range: Silurian
Fossils
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Arthropoda
Subphylum:Chelicerata
Order:†Eurypterida
Superfamily:†Eurypteroidea
Family:†Strobilopteridae
Genus:†Buffalopterus
Kjellesvig-Waering & Heubusch, 1962
Type species
†Buffalopterus pustulosus
Kjellesvig-Waering & Heubusch, 1962
Synonyms
  • Eurypterus giganteus Pohlman, 1882
  • Pterygotus globicaudatus Pohlman, 1882

Buffalopterus is a prehistoric eurypterid from the Silurian-aged Bertie Waterlime 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]

References

  1. ↑ Some Eurypterida from the Ordovician and Silurian of New York Erik N. Kjellesvig-Waering and Carol A. Heubusch

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