Chemositia information

Chemositia; Temporal range: Late Miocene
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Perissodactyla
Family:	†Chalicotheriidae
Subfamily:	†Schizotheriinae
Genus:	†Chemositia; Pickford, 1979
Species:	†C. tugenensis
Binomial name
	†Chemositia tugenensis; Pickford, 1979

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.

[1] 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.

[2] 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.

[3] Werdelin, Lars; Sanders, William Joseph (2010). Cenozoic Mammals of Africa. University of California Press. p. 665. ISBN 9780520257214.

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