They also suggest that the third eye of lizards evolved independently of the third eye in other vertebrate groups. (sciencedaily.com)
An estimated 60 % of all infectious diseases are classified as zoonoses, which means that they travel through other vertebrate species before breaking out in humans. (protomag.com)
«[It] has a single row of belly scales, it has very snake - like vertebrae, it has a body longer than the tail, it has hundreds of vertebrae, it has the remains of other vertebrate animals in the stomach and so it was a carnivore, it has backward pointing teeth. (newscientist.com)