Re: Dinosauria vocalizations

[NJPharris@aol.com]

In a message dated 1/17/02 12:03:00 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
gbabcock@best.com writes:

> I see no reason to assume muteness in sauropods either.  Robert Bakker
>  has illustrated sauropod cranial air passages in an effort to consider
>  their vocal abilities (see _The Dinosaur Heresies_) and has reportedly
>  spoken on the subject of "brontosaur" vocalization, but I don't know if
>  any in-depth studies have been done.  Of course, Witmer's recent
>  reconstructions of anterior nostril position in dinosaurs (reported in
>  _Science_ last year) might modify dinosaur vocal output.

You wouldn't expect sauropods to have a mammalian-style larynx, anyway, would 
you?  Isn't a bird's syrinx located farther down in the chest?

--Nick P.