There are lots of vertebrates in the animal kingdom. Vertebrates are animals that have a backbone inside their body. The major groups include fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals.

FOR long we have accepted as well-established and equivalent the five classes of vertebrate animals, but recent zoological research, particularly on the palaeontological side, has modified many ...

All vertebrate embryos follow a common developmental path due to their common ancestry. All have a set of very similar genes (the homeobox genes) that define their basic body plan. As they grow ...

indicating that the animal was likely an omnivore, feeding on plants, insects, and small vertebrates. These dental characteristics are associated with a broader diet rich in vegetation.

The overarching theme is to explore how changes in the Earth’s climate and vegetation during the last few tens of millions of years have affected key characteristics of vertebrates and ... and we ...