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A robust irregular bone placed just posterior to thepectoralgirdlecould represent the pelvic bone.
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The bones of thepectoralgirdleare relatively slender.
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The left radius was found about midway between thepectoralgirdleelements.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.This classification is based on such morphological features as the number of vertebrae, the structure of thepectoralgirdle, and the morphology of tadpoles.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.This skeleton includes a complete skull, neck vertebrae, a partialpectoralgirdle, the right forelimb, and some ribs.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Thepectoralgirdlewas formed by the paired clavicles, interclavical, scapulae, and coracoids.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The powerfully builtpectoralgirdleallowed for the attachment of strong muscles, but their location beneath the shoulder favours the underwater flight model.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It consists of the clavicle and scapula in humans and, in those species with three bones in thepectoralgirdle, the coracoid.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The scapulocoracoid, a bone that makes up thepectoralgirdle, is large and broad.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Thepectoralgirdlefeatured a long bar, not present in juveniles.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The humeral process of thepectoralgirdleis short and with a few fine denticulations at its tips.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The glenohumeral condyle of the humerus, which connects to thepectoralgirdlein the shoulder joint, has a distinctive rounded ellipsoid shape.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Both thepectoralgirdleand the ilium are large and strong.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.This was likely, because it had small wings, a large torso, a smallpectoralgirdle, and numerous gastralia.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The chest consists of the furcula (wishbone) and coracoid (collar bone), which two bones, together with the scapula (see below), form thepectoralgirdle.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Areas of the skeleton with important similarities include the neck, pubis, wrist (semi-lunate carpal), arm andpectoralgirdle, furcula (wishbone), and breast bone.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It is known from one specimen consisting of twenty vertebrae, a front limb andpectoralgirdle, and a complete hind limb with partial hip.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Also, grinding of the pharyngeal teeth and rubbing of the pectoral spines against thepectoralgirdlecan produce sound.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Thepectoralgirdlehas no groove, and is another defining characteristic.
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