''Buffalopterus'' is a prehistoric

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from the

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-aged

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and

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. 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 ,Some Eurypterida from the Ordovician and Silurian of New York Erik N. Kjellesvig-Waering and Carol A. Heubusch although later study show size estimation of .

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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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