Sentences with phrase «largest vertebrate group»
Of the ray - finned fish, the so - called Neopterygii («new fins») became particular biodiverse during the Triassic and, with over 30,000 species, today constitute the largest vertebrate group.
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«These results change our understanding of when the largest living group of vertebrates evolved and allow us to iron out a lot of the wrinkles in our understanding of the sequence of evolutionary events.»
The newly described species (artist's representation shown), which lived between 220 million and 230 million years ago, was one of the largest in a group of amphibians known as metoposaurs and is the first known in this region from well - preserved fossils, the researchers report online today in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology.
«By narrowing down how many species exist within the largest group — the insects and other arthropods — we are now in a position to try to improve estimates for all species, including plants, fungi and vertebrates.
Scientists suspect the new group will be the largest group of vertebrates to ever receive a new scientific name.
«Among the three living lineages of vertebrates [cyclostomes, cartilaginous fishes and bony vertebrates], bony vertebrates are the largest and most diverse group of vertebrates,» the authors wrote.
Shaun heads a large Neuroecology Group that investigates the neural basis of behaviour in both invertebrates and vertebrates, with special emphasis on sensory systems and vision.
This paper alleges that after analysing over 300 species (across 3 groups: plants, insects and vertebrates) between 1970 - 2012, that «Climatic change has had a wide range of impacts on species, with more species impacted positively than negatively in the short - term at least», with climate change the «largest positive impact».