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Metaschizotherium

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Chalicotheriidae

Taxonomy
Metaschizotherium was named by von Koenigswald (1932).

It was synonymized subjectively with Ancylotherium by Prothero and Schoch (1989).

It was assigned to Schizotherini by Colbert (1935); and to Schizotheriinae by Geraads et al. (2007).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1932Metaschizotherium von Koenigswald
1935Metaschizotherium Colbert p. 12
2007Metaschizotherium Geraads et al. p. 464

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
RankNameAuthor
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Euungulata
Panperissodactyla
superorderPerissodactylamorpha
orderPerissodactyla()
Tapiromorpha(Haeckel 1873)
Ancylopoda()
superfamilyChalicotherioideaGill 1872
familyChalicotheriidaeGill 1872
subfamilySchizotheriinae
genusMetaschizotheriumvon Koenigswald 1932

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.

G. †Metaschizotherium von Koenigswald 1932
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Metaschizotherium henningi Dietrich 1942
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available