Chamaeleo caroliquarti

Chamaeleo caroliquarti; Temporal range: Lower Miocene, 26 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Iguania
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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-18.

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[1] 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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-18.