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Oldest T. Rex Relative Unveiled

Posted by Zonk on from the bet-you'll-never-look-at-chickens-the-same-way-again dept.

Dr Occult writes "A group of researchers have found the forefather of T. Rex in Xinjiang province in northwestern China. It lived around 160 million years ago. This makes it more than twice as old as T. Rex, and the most primitive known member of the family. The researchers were surprised to learn the 3m long dinosaur sported a spectacular feathered crest on its head which may have been brightly coloured."

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  1. Brightly coloured? by robthebob · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Just a thought, but how can you tell from a fossil that this animal had a "brightly coloured" and "feathered" nasal crest?!