microvertebrate

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English

Etymology

From micro- +‎ vertebrate.

Noun

microvertebrate (plural microvertebrates)

  1. A very small vertebrate, especially one known only from fossils
    • 2015 July 16, “Red Iron-Pigmented Tooth Enamel in a Multituberculate Mammal from the Late Cretaceous Transylvanian “Haţeg Island””, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
      Final preparation was done at the microvertebrate laboratory of the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences.