Bohemiclavulus Explained

Bohemiclavulus is a genus of synapsids that was discovered in the Slaný Formation of the Czech Republic.^[1] The type, and currently only, species is B. mirabilis.^[2]

Discovery and naming

The holotype, NM 633, consists only of a single spinous process fragment, and it was found in the Czech Republic.

Antonin Fritsch originally named Bohemiclavulus in 1895a with the binomial Naosaurus mirabilis.^[3] It was renamed Ianthasaurus mirabilis in 1895b, and was renamed to Edaphosaurus mirabilis later that year.^[4] In 2019, a new genus was created for the species.

Classification

Bohemiclavulus has been classified as a member of the Edaphosauridae by Spindler et al. (2019).

The cladogram of Spindler et al. (2019) is shown simplified below:

See also

• List of pelycosaurs

Notes and References

1. Web site: Edaphosaurus mirabilis. Fossilworks. 17 December 2021.
2. Spindler . Frederik . Voigt . Sebastian . Fischer . Jan . Edaphosauridae (Synapsida, Eupelycosauria) from Europe and their relationship to North American representatives . PalZ . 2019 . 10.1007/s12542-019-00453-2.
3. Fritsch, A. (1895a). Fauna der Gaskohle und der Kalksteine der Permformation Böhmens. Vol. 3. Prag: Řivnáč.
4. Fritsch, A. (1895b). Über neue Wirbelthiere aus der Permformation Böhmens nebst einer Übersicht der aus derselben bekannt gewordenen Arten. Sitzungsberichte der Königlich Böhmischen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften 52: 1–17.