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 Lower Miocene-aged strata of the Czech Republic. C. caroliquarti is the oldest known representative of Chamaeleo, and, if the middle Paleocene-aged Anqingosaurus is not a chameleon, the oldest known chameleon.[1]
References
- ↑ Moody, S. & Rocek Z. (1980). "Chamaeleo caroliquarti (Chamaeleonidae, Sauria): a new species from the Lower Miocene of Central Europe" (PDF). Vestnik Ustredniho ustavu geologickeho. 55 (2): 85–92.
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