Buffalopterus
| Buffalopterus Temporal range: Silurian
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Buffalopterus pustulosus is a prehistoric eurypterid from the Silurian-aged Bertie Waterlime Formation of New York and Ontario. It is closely related to Erieopterus, but differs 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]
Species
- Buffalopterus Kjellesvig-Waering & Heubusch, 1962
- Buffalopterus pustulosus (Hall, 1859) — Silurian, USA & Canada
- = Eurypterus giganteus Pohlman, 1882 — Silurian, USA & Canada
- = Pterygotus globicaudatus Pohlman, 1882 — Silurian, USA & Canada
- Buffalopterus pustulosus (Hall, 1859) — Silurian, USA & Canada
References
- ^ Some Eurypterida from the Ordovician and Silurian of New York Erik N. Kjellesvig-Waering and Carol A. Heubusch
See also
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