| Chemositia Temporal range: Late Miocene
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Perissodactyla |
| Family: | †Chalicotheriidae |
| Subfamily: | †Schizotheriinae |
| Genus: | †Chemositia Pickford, 1979 |
| Species: | †C. tugenensis
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| Binomial name | |
| †Chemositia tugenensis Pickford, 1979
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Chemositia is an extinct genus of chalicothere, a group of herbivorous, odd-toed ungulate (perissodactyl) mammals. They lived in Africa, and had claws that were likely used in a hook-like manner to pull down branches, suggesting they lived as bipedal browsers.[1]
Many authorities do not believe that Chemositia is a valid genus and synonymize it with Ancylotherium or Metaschizotherium.[2][3]
- ^ Coombs, Margery C. (13 Feb 2009). "The chalicothere Metaschizotherium bavaricum (Perissodactyla, Chalicotheriidae, Schizotheriinae) from the Miocene (MN5) Lagerstatte of Sandelzhausen (Germany): description, comparison, and paleoecological significance" (PDF). Paläontologische Zeitschrift. 83 (1). Springer Berlin / Heidelberg: 85–129. doi:10.1007/s12542-009-0004-x. S2CID 140194075.
- ^ Coombs, Margery C. (1989). "24. Interrelationships and diversity in the Chalicotheriidae". In Prothero, D.R.; Schoch, R.M. (eds.). The Evolution of Perissodactyls. Oxford University Press. pp. 438–457. ISBN 9780195060393.
- ^ Werdelin, Lars; Sanders, William Joseph (2010). Cenozoic Mammals of Africa. University of California Press. p. 665. ISBN 9780520257214.