T. Rex: Feathers?
Time period shown: Cretaceous
Pictured:
T. Rex, with and without feathers
Did you know?
Popular culture and more than 100 years of paleontology makes us think of T Rex and most other dinosaurs as scaled creatures like modern lizards. But there is no doubt some dinosaurs did have feathers, and T. Rex is one of the Cretaceous critters who may have had feathers, scales, or a combination of both. It's even possible Rex had feathers just (or primarily) when young: to aid in thermal regulationn
Karen's reconstruction of T. Rex for the Witte shows him both ways!