Schizotherium

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Schizotherium
Temporal range: Oligocene
Schizotherium modicum.JPG
S. priscum jaws, National Museum of Natural History, France
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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. turgaicumBorissiak, 1920
  • S. avitumMatthew and Granger, 1923
  • S.chucuaeGabunia, 1951
  • S. ordosiumHu, 1959
  • S. nabanensisZhang, 1976
Synonyms
  • LimognitheriumGervais, 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.