Schizotherium
Temporal range:
S. priscum jaws, National Museum of Natural History, France
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Perissodactyla
Family: †Chalicotheriidae
Subfamily: †Schizotheriinae
Genus: †Schizotherium
Gervais, 1876
Type species
†Schizotherium priscum
Gervais, 1876
Other species
  • †S. turgaicum Borissiak, 1920
  • †S. avitum Matthew and Granger, 1923
  • †S.chucuae Gabunia, 1951
  • †S. ordosium Hu, 1959
  • †S. nabanensis Zhang, 1976
Synonyms
  • Limognitherium Gervais, 1880

Schizotherium is an extinct genus of schizotheriine chalicothere known from the Oligocene of Europe and Asia.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Coombs, Margery Chalifoux (1978). "Additional Schizotherium Material from China, and a Review of Schizotherium Dentitions (Perissodactyla, Chalicotheriidae)" (PDF). American Museum Novitates (2647): 1–18.


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