Feather-saurus Rex

Look out for that feathery...Dinosaur? Yutyrannus huali was a relative of the mighty Tyrannosaurus rex. Found in northeast China, Yutyrannus specimen have been found with evidence that they were covered ,or partially covered, with short 15 centimeter feathers. Most of the feathered dinosaurs that have been found so far were small and are thought to have used their feathers for insulation. This doesn't appear to be the case with Yutyrannus because they would have lived in warmer climates,so it is thought that they used their feathers for courtship. It is hard to tell what they would have looked like exactly because few soft tissues are preserved and few complete specimens have been found. It most likely looked like a smaller Tyrannosaurus rex with a thin coat of feathers; it also had a bony nose plate. Who knows how future discoveries will help to reshape our view of dinosaurs.