Biology:Chamaeleo caroliquarti
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Short description: Extinct species of lizard
| Chamaeleo caroliquarti | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| 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". Vestnik Ustredniho Ustavu Geologickeho 55 (2): 85–92. http://rocek.gli.cas.cz/Reprints/Chamaeleo.pdf.
Wikidata ☰ Q11963404 entry
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