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From: Unusual pectoral apparatus in a predatory dinosaur resolves avian wishbone homology

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The furcula-sternum complex in Halszkaraptor escuilliei MPC D-102/109. (a) Exposed elements of H. escuilliei holotype. (b) Furcula and sternum in ventral view. (c) Furcula in dorsal (visceral) view. (d) Furcula in left lateral view. (e) Furcula in anterior (proximal) view. (f) Detail of the sternofurcular articulation in dorsal (visceral) view. (g) Reconstruction of the furcula-sternum complex in dorsal (visceral) view. Dark grey, exposed furcula; light grey, posterior region of furcula overlapped by the sternal plates; white, sternal plates. cf coracoid facet, ep epicleideum, es “external” side of the bone, hy hypocleideum, lm lipped margin of visceral fossa, sac sternal anterior end covering the furcula, sms sternal plates midline suture, st sternal plates, vf visceral fossa, vs “visceral” side of the bone. Scale bars: 70 mm (a), 8 mm (b), 6 mm (c–e). Visualization by VB using Volume Graphics vers. 2.2. (Heidelberg, Germany: https://www.volumegraphics.com).

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