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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 earliest known fossil of the genus is of Calumma benovskyi, from early Miocene Kenya, showing that the genus likely originated on mainland East Africa. [2] The genus includes one of the heaviest and longest chameleon species, the Parson's chameleon (Calumma parsonii). [3]
Rempert, Martens & Vinkeles Melchers (2024) report the discovery of new mosasaur material from the Maastrichtian Peedee Formation (North Carolina, United States), including fossils of members of species associated with the northern and southern margin of the Mediterranean Tethys (Prognathodon cf. solvayi and Mosasaurus cf. beaugei), extending ...
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.
Since fossils have been found in Africa, Europe, and Asia, chameleons were certainly once more widespread than they are today. Although nearly half of all chameleon species today live in Madagascar, this offers no basis for speculation that chameleons might originate from there. [32]
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 ...
Named Gondwanax paraisensis, the four-legged reptile species was roughly the size of a small dog with a long tail, or about 1 meter (39 inches) long and weighing between 3 and 6 kg (7 to 13 pounds ...
A review of the fossil record, taxonomy and diagnostic features of the fossil species belonging to the genus Chelus is published by Ferreira et al. (2016). [ 54 ] Fossils of Plesiochelys etalloni and Tropidemys langii , otherwise known from the Kimmeridgian of the Swiss and French Jura Mountains , are described from the British Kimmeridge Clay ...