Schizotherium avitum Matthew and Granger 1923 (chalicothere)

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

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