Chamaeleo caroliquarti
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Chamaeleo caroliquarti is an extinct species of chameleon
from the Lower Miocene
found in Central Europe. With fossil evidence at about 26 million years old, it is the oldest known chameleon.
Chameleon
Chameleons are a distinctive and highly specialized clade of lizards. They are distinguished by their parrot-like zygodactylous feet, their separately mobile and stereoscopic eyes, their very long, highly modified, and rapidly extrudable tongues, their swaying gait, the possession by many of a...
from the Lower Miocene
Miocene
The Miocene is a geological epoch of the Neogene Period and extends from about . The Miocene was named by Sir Charles Lyell. Its name comes from the Greek words and and means "less recent" because it has 18% fewer modern sea invertebrates than the Pliocene. The Miocene follows the Oligocene...
found in Central Europe. With fossil evidence at about 26 million years old, it is the oldest known chameleon.