Reptilia - Squamata - Chamaeleonidae
Alternative spellings: Chamaeleontidae, Chamaelonidae
Parent taxon: Acrodonta according to M. S. Y. Lee and M. W. Caldwell 2000
See also Alifanov 1996, Böhme 2010, Carroll 1988, Cope 1871, Cope 1875, Estes 1983, Frank and Ramus 1996, Gadow 1898, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Kuhn 1946, Kuhn 1966, Perrier 1928 and Zittel 1890
Sister taxa: Agama sinensis, Agamidae, Barbaturex, Bharatagama, Gueragama, Pachyglossa, Qianshanosaurus, Tikiguania, Tikiguania estesi, Tinosaurus, Xianglong
Subtaxa: Brookesia Calumma Chamaeleo Rhampholeon
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Israel (2 collections), Yemen (2)
• Pliocene of South Africa (2)
• Miocene of Austria (1), the Czech Republic (2), Germany (11), Greece (1), Kenya (2), Serbia and Montenegro (3), Turkey (3)
Total: 29 collections including 38 occurrences