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Chamaeleo intermedius was a relatively small chameleon based on the fossil material, which is only 4.3 cm (1.7 in) long from the head to the middle of the torso. However it clearly exhibits traits typically associated with the genus Chamaeleo including the higher than broad body, well developed keel along the back, large eyes, helmet-like casque, well defined parietal crest and the presence of ...
The oldest described chameleon is Anqingosaurus brevicephalus from the Middle Paleocene (about 58.7–61.7 mya) of China. [31] Other chameleon fossils include Chamaeleo caroliquarti from the Lower Miocene (about 13–23 mya) of the Czech Republic and Germany, and Chamaeleo intermedius from the Upper Miocene (about 5–13 mya) of Kenya. [31]
The oldest known animal that may have been an amniote, a reptile rather than an amphibian, is Casineria [3] [4] (though it has also been argued to be a temnospondyl amphibian). [5] A series of footprints from the fossil strata of Nova Scotia, dated to 315 million years, show typical reptilian toes and imprints of scales. [6]
Scientists have discovered a 246 million-year-old marine reptile fossil, the oldest of its kind to be found in the Southern Hemisphere, shining a new light on the early evolution of marine mammals.
By Sergio Queiroz and Diego Vara. SAO JOAO DO POLESINE, Brazil (Reuters) -Scientists in Brazil announced the discovery of one of the world's oldest fossils believed to belong to an ancient reptile ...
A. brevicephalus was originally described as a chameleon, but, not all authorities agree with this. [2] If A. brevicephalus is a chameleon, then Chamaeleonidae fossil record extends all the way into the Paleocene. [citation needed] If it is not, then Chamaeleonidae fossil record starts in the Early Miocene with Chamaeleo caroliquarti. [citation ...
Chamaeleo caroliquarti is an extinct species of chameleon from Lower Miocene-aged strata of the Czech Republic. C. caroliquarti is the oldest known representative of Chamaeleo, and, if the middle Paleocene-aged Anqingosaurus is not a chameleon, the oldest known chameleon. [1]
A fossil jawbone found by a British girl and her father on a beach in Somerset, England belongs to a gigantic marine reptile dating to 202 million years ago that appears to have been among the ...