Skeletal element that consists of the scapula and the coracoid[VSAO, modified]. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scapulocoracoid VSAO:0005002 https://github.com/obophenotype/uberon/issues/66 https://github.com/obophenotype/uberon/issues/125 ]
Synonyms: scapulocoracoideum
Term information
- AAO:0000781
- VSAO:0005002
- ZFA:0001455
- TAO:0001455
- Wikipedia:Scapulocoracoid
todo - decide whether to create separate classes for cartilage & ossified. Wikipedia considers this absent in Therians, but if considered as a grouping of scapula and coracoid then it would be present
either a fusion of the scapula and coracoid (the two main bones of the shoulder girdle), or the scapula & coracoid considered as a single structural unit.[Palaeos]
Fused, ossified portions of the scapula, procoracoid, and coracoid.[AAO]
Pectoral fin cartilage that consists of a paired cartilaginous plate of the embryonic primary pectoral girdle and from which the scapular and coracaoid bones ossify.[TAO]