Chamaeleo caroliquarti

Chamaeleo caroliquarti
Chamaeleo caroliquarti
Temporal range: Lower Miocene, 26 Ma
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Chamaeleonidae
Genus: Chamaeleo
Species: C. caroliquarti
Binomial name
Chamaeleo caroliquarti
Moody & Rocek, 1980

Chamaeleo caroliquarti is an extinct species of chameleon from the Lower Miocene found in Central Europe. With fossil evidence at about 26 million years old, it is the oldest known chameleon.[1]

References

  1. ^ Moody, S. & Rocek Z. (1980). "Chamaeleo caroliquarti (Chamaeleonidae, Sauria): a new species from the Lower Miocene of Central Europe". Vestnik Ustfedniho ustavu geologickeho 55 (2): 85–92. http://rocek.gli.cas.cz/Reprints/Chamaeleo.pdf. 
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