Mmmm...no! But new evidence shows that gigantic basal tyrannosauroids did have feathers. In our last few lectures we discussed the origin of feathers and flight. Here is an article published today in Nature that describes three new fossils from China. What new insights does this article give us into the origins of feathers? Why is this published
(here) in
Nature?
It seems that this particular gigantic tyrannosauroid had long filamentous like feathers which might have been used for insulation. Since its habitat was in the cold region. Other tyrannosauroids lost the insulative filamentous feathers because of their warm habitat.
ReplyDeleteConsidering that its such an important finding because it demonstrates how not only the small dinosaurs had feathers, but also the gigantic ones had feathers too. It had to be published in the Nature.