Schizotherium bilobatum Cope 1889 (chalicothere)

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Chalicotheriidae

Alternative combinations: Chalicotherium bilobatum, Oreinotherium bilobatum

Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1889. The Vertebrata of the Swift Current River, II. The American Naturalist 23(267):151-155

Belongs to Schizotherium according to W. B. Scott 1941

See also Colbert 1935, Coombs 1998, Cope 1889, Cope 1891, Hay 1902, Lambe 1908, Skinner 1968 and Storer and Bryant 1993

Sister taxa: Schizotherium avitum, Schizotherium chucuae, Schizotherium modicum, Schizotherium nabanensis, Schizotherium ordosium, Schizotherium priscum

Ecology: ground dwelling browser

Distribution: found only at Conglomerate Creek (Eocene of Saskatchewan)

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