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Chamaeleo
Taxonomy
Chamaeleo was named by Laurenti (1768). It is extant.
It was assigned to Lacertilia by Leidy (1873); and to Chamaeleonidae by Hay (1902), Estes (1983), Carroll (1988), Frank and Ramus (1996), Böhme (2010) and Ramello et al. (2024).
It was assigned to Lacertilia by Leidy (1873); and to Chamaeleonidae by Hay (1902), Estes (1983), Carroll (1988), Frank and Ramus (1996), Böhme (2010) and Ramello et al. (2024).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1768 | Chamaeleo Laurenti |
| 1873 | Chameleo Leidy p. 345 |
| 1902 | Chamaeleo Hay p. 478 |
| 1980 | Chamaeleo caroliquarti Moody and Roček p. 86 figs. pls. I-III |
| 1983 | Chamaeleo Estes |
| 1984 | Chamaeleo pfeili Schleich |
| 1988 | Chamaeleo Carroll |
| 1996 | Chamaeleo Frank and Ramus |
| 2010 | Chamaeleo Böhme p. 18 |
| 2010 | Chamaeleo caroliquarti Böhme p. 18 |
| 2024 | Chamaeleo Ramello et al. p. 86 |
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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.
G. Chamaeleo Laurenti 1768
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†Chamaeleo andrusovi Čerňanský 2010
†Chamaeleo bavaricus Schleich 1983
Chamaeleo chameleon Linneaus 1758 [Common chameleon]
Chamaeleo dilepis Leach 1819 [Flapneck chameleon]
Chamaeleo monachus Gray 1865 [Socotran chameleon]
Invalid names: Chamaeleo caroliquarti Moody and Roček 1980 [nomen dubium], Chamaeleo pfeili Schleich 1984 [nomen dubium]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the MN 3 to the top of the Holocene or 20.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 16.9 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 16.9 Ma
Collections (16 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Burdigalian | Germany (Baden-Württemberg) | C. caroliquarti, C. pfeili (69098) | |
| Burdigalian | Greece | C. andrusovi (68032) | |
| MN 3 | Germany (Bavaria) | C. caroliquarti (68040) | |
| Orleanian | Germany (Hesse) | C. andrusovi (228327) | |
| Orleanian | Czech Republic (Ústí nad Labem) | C. caroliquarti (48173) | |
| MN 4 | Czech Republic (Karlovy Vary) | C. caroliquarti, C. andrusovi (138666) | |
| Langhian | Germany (Bavaria) | C. bavaricus, C. caroliquarti (34615) C. caroliquarti (135038) | |
| Langhian | Germany (Bayern) | C. sp. (45612 45613) | |
| MN 5 | Germany | C. andrusovi (46955) | |
| MN 5 | Germany (Bavaria) | C. sp. (205187) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Israel | C. chamaeleon (192424 192425) | |
| Holocene | Yemen | C. monachus (169046 234349) |