Reptilia - Squamata - Chamaeleonidae

Full reference: H.-H. Schleich. 1983. Die mittelmiozäne Fossil-Lagerstätte Sandelzhausen. 13. Chamaeleo bavaricus sp. nov., ein neuer Nachweis aus dem Jungtertiär Süddeutschlands. Mitteilungen der Bayerischen Staatssammlung für Paläontologie und Historische Geologie 23:77-81

Belongs to Chamaeleo according to H.-H. Schleich 1983

See also Böhme 2010

Sister taxa: Chamaeleo andrusovi, Chamaeleo caroliquarti, Chamaeleo chameleon, Chamaeleo dilepis, Chamaeleo monachus, Chamaeleo pfeili

Type specimen: BSPG 1959 II 2066, a mandible (fragment of left dentary). Its type locality is Sandelzhausen gravel pit, which is in a Langhian fluvial-lacustrine marl/mudstone in the Upper Freshwater Molasse Formation of Germany.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Sandelzhausen gravel pit

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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.