There is extensive fusion of the trunk vertebrae as well as fusion with the pectoral girdle.
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Flight capability and the pectoral girdle of Archaeopteryx.
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As for the pectoral girdle of H. floresiensis, they studied a broken clavicle of LB1 and a shoulder blade of LB6.
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Putting the animal in a horizontal posture makes many aspects of the arms and pectoral girdle more understandable.
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Call me perverse, but my first thought on seeing this kid was that I desperately want to see an x-ray of the pectoral girdle.
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Turtles, which are unable to move their ribs, instead use their forelimbs and pectoral girdle to force air in and out of the lungs.
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Like all modern tetrapods, it had rib bones, a mobile neck with a separate pectoral girdle, and lungs, though it had the gills, scales, and fins of a fish.
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The pectoral girdle of early tetrapods such as Eryops was highly developed, with a larger size for both increased muscle attachment to it and to the limbs.
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The humerus was the largest bone of the arm, its head articulating with the glenoid cavity of the pectoral girdle, distally with the radius and ulna.