Schizotherium Gervais 1876 (chalicothere)

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Chalicotheriidae

Parent taxon: Chalicotheriidae according to B.-Y. Wang and P.-Y. Wang 1991

See also Alroy 2002, Carroll 1988, Colbert 1935, Coombs 1978, Geraads et al. 2007, Holland and Peterson 1913, Matthew and Granger 1925, Scott 1913 and Wang and Qiu 2004

Sister taxa: Chalicotheriinae, Eomoropus, Limognitherium, Macrotheriinae, Moropodinae, Moropus, Pernatherium, Schizotheriinae

Subtaxa: Schizotherium avitum Schizotherium bilobatum Schizotherium chucuae Schizotherium modicum Schizotherium nabanensis Schizotherium ordosium Schizotherium priscum

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Ecology: ground dwelling browser

Distribution:

• Oligocene of China (7 collections), France (3), Georgia (1), Kazakhstan (1)

• Eocene of Canada (1: Saskatchewan), China (2), Mongolia (3)

Total: 18 collections each including a single occurrence

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