Bohemiclavulus

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]

Bohemiclavulus Temporal range: Pennsylvanian, Gzhelian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Life reconstruction of B. mirabilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Synapsida
Clade:	Metopophora
Clade:	Haptodontiformes
Clade:	Sphenacomorpha
Family:	†Edaphosauridae
Genus:	†Bohemiclavulus Spindler et al., 2019
Type species
†Bohemuclavulus mirabilis (Fritsch, 1895)
Synonyms
Ianthasaurus mirabilis Fritsch, 1895b Naosaurus mirabilis Fritsch, 1895a Edaphosaurus mirabilis Fritsch, 1895b

Discovery and naming

NM 633, the holotype specimen, in 1895

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.^[2]

Classification

Bohemiclavulus has been classified as a member of the Edaphosauridae by Spindler et al. (2019).^[2]

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

Edaphosauridae	Xyrospondylus Bohemiclavulus Ianthasaurus Glaucosaurus Gordodon Remigiomontanus Lupeosaurus Edaphosaurus novomexicanus E. boanerges E. cruciger E. pogonias

See also

• List of pelycosaurs

• Paleontology portal