Bohemiclavulus

Bo-hem-e-kla-vu-lus.
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Name

Bohemiclavulus.

Phonetic

Bo-hem-e-kla-vu-lus.

Named By

Frederik Spindler,‭ ‬Sebastian Voigt‭ & ‬Jan Fischer‭ ‬-‭ ‬2019.

Classification

Chordata,‭ ‬Eupelycosauria,‭ ‬Sphenacomorpha,‭ ‬Edaphosauridae.

Diet

Uncertain.

Species

B.‭ ‬mirabilis‭

Size

Unavailable due to lack of fossils.

Known locations

Czech Republic‭ ‬-‭ ‬Slan� Formation.

Time Period

Gzhelian of the Carboniferous.

Fossil representation

A spinous process from a vertebra.

In Depth

       Bohemiclavulus is a genus of pelycosaur that lived in Europe‭ ‬during the Carboniferous.‭ ‬Bohemiclavulus is named from a single spinal process of a vertebra‭ (‬the pointy up bit at the top‭)‬.‭ ‬This spinal process at least indicates that Bohemiclavulus‭ ‬would have had a sail on its back,‭ ‬hence why it was previously assigned to the genera Ianthasaurus and Edaphosaurus before being assigned to its own genus in‭ ‬2019.

Further reading

-‭ ‬Edaphosauridae‭ (‬Synapsida,‭ ‬Eupelycosauria‭) ‬from Europe and their relationship to North American representatives.‭ ‬-‭ ‬PalZ.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Frederik Spindler,‭ ‬Sebastian Voigt‭ & ‬Jan Fischer‭ ‬-‭ ‬2019.

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