†Calumma benovskyi Čerňanský et al. 2020 (chameleon)
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Reptilia - Squamata - Chamaeleonidae
Full reference: A. Čerňanský, A. Herrel, J. M. Kibii, C. V. Anderson, R. Boistel and T. Lehmann. 2020. the only complete articulated early Miocene chameleon skull (Rusinga island, Kenya) suggests an African origin for Madagascar’s endemic chameleons. Scientific Reports 10(109):1-11
Belongs to Calumma according to A. Čerňanský et al. 2020
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: KNM-RU 18340, a skull. Its type locality is Rusinga Island R107, which is in a Burdigalian dry floodplain horizon in the Hiwegi Formation of Kenya.
Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Rusinga Island R107
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