Dermal bone that develops from the fusion of the paired clavicle condensations in Archosauria. Serves as both an attachment site for pectoral musculature as well as a mechanical strengthening/ spacing element in the pectoral girdle. [PHENOSCAPE:ad]. [ PHENOSCAPE:ad ]
Synonyms: furcula bone
Term information
currently assigned to be part of the pectoral girdle, but this may be incorrect if PG is a paired structure.
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_436495
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_8782
Found in both avian and non-avian theropods including, but not limited to: Coelophysoids, Allosauroids, Spinosauridae, Tyrannosauroids, Oviraptorosauria, Troodontidae and Dromaeosauridae