Buffalopterus

Buffalopterus Temporal range: Silurian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
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 giganteusPohlman, 1882 Pterygotus globicaudatusPohlman, 1882

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 around 1 metre (3.3 ft), ^[1] although later study show size estimation of 30 centimetres (12 in). ^[2]

See also

• List of eurypterids

References

1. Some Eurypterida from the Ordovician and Silurian of New York Erik N. Kjellesvig-Waering and Carol A. Heubusch
2. Lamsdell, James C.; Braddy, Simon J. (2009). "Cope's rule and Romer's theory: patterns of diversity and gigantism in eurypterids and Palaeozoic vertebrates". Biology Letters . 6 (2): 265–269. doi:10.1098/rsbl.2009.0700. ISSN   1744-9561. PMC   2865068 . PMID   19828493. Supplemental material.