Show Navigation

Oviraptor 0009 - Furculum

It is thought that a Furculum of two clavicles, or "wish bone" was a necessary evolutionary development for flight. Oviraptors had one like this specimen found in the Gobi Desert of Mongolia by the American Museum Expedition.

Add to Cart Add to Lightbox

Filename: Oviraptor 0009 Furculum.jpg
Copyright: © Louie Psihoyos
Image Size: 5874x5787 / 30.9MB; American Museum of Natural Hist Bird Birds Bone Bones Cretaceous Dino Dinos Dinosaur Dinosaur Egg Dinosaurs Egg thief Eggs Fossil Fossils Furculum Geography Mesozoic Natural History Nature Nest Oviraptor Oviraptoridae Oviraptorosaurs Paleontolgist Paleontologist Paleontologists Paleontology Prehistoric Saurischia Science Skeleton Theropoda
Contained in galleries: Dinosaurs, New York, Nature

It is thought that a Furculum of two clavicles, or "wish bone" was a necessary evolutionary development for flight. Oviraptors had one like this specimen found in the Gobi Desert of Mongolia by the American Museum Expedition.