Turtles and dolphins, the protected marine vertebrates, can also from time to time be seen in the waters of Brijuni.
Later, during the Cretaceous, the state was again partially submerged by seawater, where marine vertebrates flourished.
Salt glands maintain salt balance and allow marine vertebrates to drink seawater.
The role of Osedax in the degradation of marine vertebrate remains is controversial.
Invertebrates didn't die or stop evolving after fishes appeared; much of their most important history unrolls in contemporaneous partnership with marine vertebrates.
Local marine vertebrates included arthrodires, chimaeroids, lobe-finned fishes, and lungfish.
Female-female aggression, which is especially uncommon in marine vertebrates, is common among loggerheads.
I did learn a lot from this article though, I've always wondered why whales had a different body-plan than previous marine vertebrates in regards to locomotion.
Other local marine vertebrates included plesiosaurs and squamates.
Occurs in marine vertebrates and also invertebrates.