Chamaeleo caroliquarti
Chamaeleo caroliquarti Temporal range: Lower Miocene,
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Iguania |
Family: | Chamaeleonidae |
Genus: | Chamaeleo |
Species: | C. caroliquarti
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Binomial name | |
Chamaeleo caroliquarti Moody & Rocek, 1980
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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.
Categories:
- Chamaeleo
- Miocene lepidosaurs
- Miocene reptiles of Europe
- Fossil taxa described in 1980
- Prehistoric lizard stubs
- Chameleon stubs