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Vertebrates (/ˈvɜːrtəbrɪts, -ˌbreɪts/) are
deuterostomal animals with bony or
cartilaginous axial endoskeleton —
known as the
vertebral column, spine...
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Vertebrate zoology is the
biological discipline that
consists of the
study of
Vertebrate animals, i.e.,
animals with a backbone, such as fish, amphibians...
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kidneys are a pair of
organs of the
excretory system in
vertebrates,
which maintains the
balance of
water and
electrolytes in the body (osmoregulation)...
- Many
vertebrates are limbless, limb-reduced, or apodous, with a body plan
consisting of a head and
vertebral column, but no
adjoining limbs such as legs...
- 'mouth') are the
jawed vertebrates.
Gnathostome diversity comprises roughly 60,000 species,
which accounts for 99% of all
living vertebrates,
including humans...
- Hay,
Oliver Perry (1923). The
Pleistocene of
North America and Its
Vertebrated Animals from the
States East of the
Mississippi River and from the Canadian...
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Marine vertebrates are
vertebrates that live in
marine environments.
These are the
marine fish and the
marine tetrapods (primarily seabirds,
marine reptiles...
- The
domestication of
vertebrates is the
mutual relationship between vertebrate animals including birds and mammals, and the
humans who have influence...
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Vertebrate Palaeontology is a
basic textbook on
vertebrate paleontology by
Michael J. Benton,
published by Blackwell's. It has so far
appeared in four...
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other gill openings. With the
evolution of the jaw in the
early jawed vertebrates, this gill slit was
caught between the
forward gill-rod (now functioning...