Re: Inflatable throat pouch in Tyrannosaurids?

["Mickey_Mortimer11" <Mickey_Mortimer11@email.msn.com>]

RidenbaughD@aol.com wrote-

>         Not to sound too stupid here, but about a year ago, I was up in
> Maryland, visiting relatives, and was at the library. I started flipping
> through some books, and I saw something on an asian species of
Tyrannosaurid
> having an inflatable throat pouch, like that of a Magnificent frigatebird.
> Does anyone know if there's any basis for this, or if it was made up for
the
> book? I seem to recall that there was some sort of evidence, although I
could
> be wrong. I know the name of the book would help, but alas, I don't know
the
> name. Any help on this matter would be much appreciated.

Closest thing is the throat pouch of the ornithomimosaur Pelecanimimus
polyodon from Spain.  The only reported tyrannosaurid skin impressions are
from North America, and are much too small to tell us whether they had
throat pouches or not.

Mickey Mortimer