V-shaped furcula (wishbone), in a fossil Velociraptor mongoliensis, Late Cretaceous, Mongolia
Velociraptors belong to the group Theropoda which includes T. rex and also all living birds. The wishbone is a key piece of evidence to the relatedness of these animals.
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