Obturator process

The '''obturator process''' is an anatomical feature on the pelvis of archosaurs.

It is a raised area of the ischium bone of the pelvis.<ref name="Romer1923">{{cite book|last1=Romer|first1=Alfred S. |year=1923|chapter=The Pelvic Musculature of Saurischian Dinosaurs|title=Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History|volume=48|pages=605-617}}</ref> It is the origin of muscles that attach to the femur and aid in running. These muscles are called M. pubo-ischio-femoralis externus 1 and 2 in crocodylians. In birds the muscles are called the M. obturatorius lateralis and M. obturatorius medialis. They insert on the greater trochanter of the femur.<ref name="Hutchinson2001">{{cite journal|last1=Hutchinson|first1=John R.|year=2001|title=The evolution of femoral osteology and soft tissues on the line to extant birds (Neornithes)|journal=Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society|volume=131|pages=169-197}}</ref> See proximodorsal process

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Category:Anatomy Category:Dinosaur anatomy