microvertebrate

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^[1], →DOI:

     Final preparation was done at the microvertebrate laboratory of the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences.

Related terms

• macrovertebrate