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Chamaeleo bavaricus

Reptilia - Chamaeleonidae

Taxonomy
Chamaeleo bavaricus was named by Schleich (1983). Its type specimen is BSPG 1959 II 2066, a mandible (fragment of left dentary), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Sandelzhausen gravel pit, which is in a Langhian fluvial-lacustrine marl/mudstone in the Upper Freshwater Molasse Formation of Germany.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1983Chamaeleo bavaricus Schleich p. 78 figs. 1 pl. 1
2010Chamaeleo bavaricus Böhme p. 19

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Squamata()
—IguanomorphaSukhanov 1961
—ChamaeleontiformesConrad 2008
—AcrodontaCope 1864
familyChamaeleonidaeGray 1825
genusChamaeleoLaurenti 1768
speciesbavaricus

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Chamaeleo bavaricus Schleich 1983
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available