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vertebrate paleontology

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Noun1.vertebrate paleontology - the paleontology of vertebratesvertebrate paleontology - the paleontology of vertebrates      
fossilology, palaeontology, paleontology - the earth science that studies fossil organisms and related remains


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Their demise comes after a three-horned dinosaur, Torosaurus, was assigned to the dustbin of history last month at the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology meeting in the United Kingdom.
For anyone concerned about frogs, salamanders, and other amphibians' role as a key indicator species in the web of life, the author of the then authoritative Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution (1988) traces their origins from when they evolved from creatures with fins to their current decline and precarious future.
It lived in what is now northern China, where scientists from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology in Beijing found most of its leg and tail bones.
 
 
 
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