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Tyrannosaurus Rex (with and without feathers)

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Name: Tyrannosaurus ‭(‬Tyrant lizard‭)
Phonetic: Ty-ran-no-sore-us
Named By: Henry Fairfield Osborn‭ ‬-‭ ‬1905.
Synonyms: Dinotyrannus megagracilis,‭ ‬Dynamosaurus imperiosus,‭ ‬Manospondylus gigas,‭ ‬Stygivenator molnari.
Classification: Chordata,‭ ‬Reptilia,‭ ‬Dinosauria,‭ ‬Saurischia,‭ ‬Theropoda,‭ ‬Tyrannosauria,‭ ‬Tyrannosauridae.
Species: T. rex (type)
Type: Carnivore.
Size: Most complete specimen 12.3 meters long, isolated remains suggest a potential upper size of around 13 meters long.
Known locations: Western North America.
Time period: Late Campanian/Early Maastrichtian of the Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Over‭ ‬30‭ ‬individuals are known,‭ ‬some forming almost complete skeletons.

Based on the evidence of it's early cousin Yutyrannus having feathers. Adult Tyrannosaurus might have grew feathers in the winter or at high altitudes to keep them warm.
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ZinaDinosaur's avatar
I prefer the scaly version, since a new study says that T. rex might have been mostly scaly after all.