Did the Tyrannosaurus Rex have feathers?

If the T. rex did lose its feathers, though, that's another story. Other researchers think feather evolution was a matter of increasing complexity over time, according to the study published today in Biology Letters. read more

The rejuvenation of the idea that birds were dinosaurs in the 1970s and 80s suggested that some later carnivorous dinosaurs likely had feathers (i.e. feathers evolved before birds did) but there was no reason to think that tyrannosaurs had feathers. read more

If the T. rex did lose its feathers, though, that’s another story. Other researchers think feather evolution was a matter of increasing complexity over time, according to the study published today in Biology Letters. Instead, it could have been a more nuanced process, with dinosaurs evolving feathers and losing them through natural selection. read more

There has been some evidence that a relative of the T-rex may have possessed protofeathers, and some scientists have theorized that this could be an ancestor of T-rex, but this is just guesswork and not fact. As of now science has revealed NO evidence of T-rex possessing feathers. read more