''Buffalopterus'' is a prehistoric eurypterid from the

Silurian The Silurian ( ) is a geologic period and system spanning 24.6 million years from the end of the Ordovician Period, at million years ago ( Mya), to the beginning of the Devonian Period, Mya. The Silurian is the shortest period of the Paleozo ...

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Bertie Formation The Bertie Group or Bertie Limestone, also referred to as the Bertie Dolomite and the Bertie Formation, is an upper Silurian ( Pridoli, or Cayugan and Ulsterian age in the local chronologies) geologic group and Lagerstätte in southern Ontario ...

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. The genus contains one species, ''B. pustulosus''. It is closely related to ''

Strobilopterus ''Strobilopterus'' is a genus of prehistoric eurypterid of the family Strobilopteridae. The genus contains four species, two from the Devonian of Wyoming, United States (''S. princetonii'' and ''S. proteus''), one from the Devonian of Ohio, Unit ...

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

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Eurypteroidea Silurian eurypterids Eurypterids of North America Fossils of Canada Paleontology in Ontario Bertie Formation Fossil taxa described in 1962 {{eurypterid-stub

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