Re: Sue's furcula (wishbone)

["Jack Conrad" <conradjack@hotmail.com>]

> From: Gigi and Ralph <gbabcock@best.com>

> The photograph of
> the furcula on the Sue mount at <www.fmnh.org/sue/theory2.html> is 
> obviously
> upside down.  Also, I am not used to seeing the coracoids spread so far 
> apart on
> up-to-date theropod skeletal mounts.

The broad placement of the scapulocoracoids may be the secondary effects of 
another slight oversight.  The ribs are placed nearly at right angles to the 
sagittal plane rather than angled back as they might have been in life.  
Result:  The chest is a little to broad, so that when the scapulocoracoids 
are placed on the skeleton, you either get them spaced too far apart 
anteriorly (as in this mount), or you get the blade of the scapula raised 
and projecting from the back.

Overall, though, a lovely mount.

Jack
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