Baby T. Rex Was an Adorable Ball of Fluff
Source: Live Science
Baby T. Rex Was an Adorable Ball of Fluff
By Mindy Weisberger, Senior Writer | March 6, 2019 03:56pm ET
It may be hard to imagine towering Tyrannosaurus rex as tiny, but the toothy Cretaceous giant didn't spring from an egg fully grown. In fact, T. rex hatchlings were about the size of very skinny turkeys, with "arms" that were longer in proportion to their tiny bodies than in adults. And each baby T. rex was covered in a coat of downy feathers.
What's more, T. rex's feathers likely grew along the animal's head and tail into adulthood, according to new reconstructions that represent the most accurate models of the dinosaur to date.
These and many more T. rex surprises abound in T. rex: The Ultimate Predator, a new exhibit opening March 11 at the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) in New York City. While T. rex is one of the most iconic dinosaurs, the exhibition presents new discoveries that are transforming scientists' understanding of this colossal carnivore and its tyrannosaur cousins, all of which likely had feathers, too.
Most of the tyrannosaur species featured in the exhibit were unknown to science prior to 2000, Martin Schwabacher, an exhibition writer at the AMNH, told Live Science. Early tyrannosaurs first appeared about 167 million years ago, around 100 million years before T. rex ruled the Cretaceous. These early tyrannosaurs had relatively long arms, and were smaller and faster than the giant T. rex.
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