New digital restorations indicate that the structure and function of the shoulder joint were highly variable among Early Cretaceous birds, with such key features as the configuration of the triosseal canal and the nature of scapula-coracoid articulation showing considerable diversity.
This strange little palaeoniscid': a new early actinopterygian genus, and commentary on pectoral fin conditions and function, Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of The Royal Society of Edinburgh
A Well-Preserved Archaeopteryx Specimen with Theropod Features
Model of the skeleton of Archaeopteryx showing the small size of the
Muscle reconstruction of the pectoral girdle musculature of the
Forelimb function
Post-operative Rehabilitation for Scapular Muscle Reattachment: A Case Report
A new confuciusornithid bird with a secondary epiphyseal ossification reveals phylogenetic changes in confuciusornithid flight mode
Different morphologies of the coracoid (left side, dorsal view) and
Full article: The postcranial skeleton of Yanoconodon allini from the Early Cretaceous of Hebei, China, and its implications for locomotor adaptation in eutriconodontan mammals