Buffalopterus
| Buffalopterus Temporal range: | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| 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 | |
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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 around 1 metre (3.3 ft), although later study show size estimation of 30 centimetres (12 in).