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Schizotherium ordosium

Osteichthyes - Perissodactyla - Chalicotheriidae

Taxonomy
Schizotherium ordosium was named by Hu (1959).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1959Schizotherium ordosium Hu
2004Schizotherium ordosium Qiu et al. p. 280
2004Schizotherium ordosium Wang and Qiu p. 137

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Euungulata
Panperissodactyla
superorderPerissodactylamorpha
orderPerissodactyla()
Tapiromorpha(Haeckel 1873)
Ancylopoda()
superfamilyChalicotherioideaGill 1872
familyChalicotheriidaeGill 1872
genusSchizotheriumGervais 1876
speciesordosiumHu 1959

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingsuperf
Diet: browsersuperf
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-31 14:59:14
Modified: 2005-08-31 16:59:14
Source: superf = superfamily, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Coombs 1998, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Oligocene to the top of the Late/Upper Oligocene or 33.90000 to 23.04000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3China (Gansu) Schizotherium ordosium (77998 182898 182899)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04China (Gansu) Schizotherium ordosium (71433)