Schizotherium

Schizotherium
Temporal range: Oligocene
S. priscum jaws, National Museum of Natural History, France
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Perissodactyla
Family: Chalicotheriidae
Subfamily: Schizotheriinae
Genus: Schizotherium
Gervais, 1876
Type species
Schizotherium priscum
Gervais, 1876
Other species
  • S. turgaicum Borissiak, 1920
  • S. avitum Matthew and Granger, 1923
  • S.chucuae Gabunia, 1951
  • S. ordosium Hu, 1959
  • S. nabanensis Zhang, 1976
Synonyms
  • Limognitherium Gervais, 1880

Schizotherium is an extinct genus of schizotheriine chalicothere known from the Oligocene of Europe and Asia.[1]

  1. ^ Coombs, Margery Chalifoux (1978). "Additional Schizotherium Material from China, and a Review of Schizotherium Dentitions (Perissodactyla, Chalicotheriidae)" (PDF). American Museum Novitates (2647): 1–18.