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

Last updated October 30, 2025

Chamaeleo caroliquarti is an extinct species of chameleon from Lower Miocene-aged strata of the Czech Republic (discovered in the Dolnice suburb of Cheb in western Czech Republic). C. caroliquarti is perhaps the oldest known representative of the genus 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). Věstník Ústředního ústavu geologického. 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). Věstník Ústředního ústavu geologického. 55 (2): 85–92. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-18.

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