Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Chalicotheriidae
Full reference: W. D. Matthew and W. Granger. 1923. The fauna of the Ardyn Obo formation. American Museum Novitates 98:1-5
Belongs to Schizotherium according to B.-Y. Wang and P.-Y. Wang 1991
See also Coombs 1978
Sister taxa: Schizotherium bilobatum, Schizotherium chucuae, Schizotherium modicum, Schizotherium nabanensis, Schizotherium ordosium, Schizotherium priscum
Type specimen: AMNH 19157, a tooth (lower m3). Its type locality is Ergilin Dzo [AMNH], which is in an Eocene terrestrial sandstone in the Ergilin Dzo Formation of Mongolia.
Ecology: ground dwelling browser
Distribution:
• Oligocene of China (1 collection)
• Eocene of China (2), Mongolia (3)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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