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"New Dinosaur Discovered: T. Rex Cousin Had Feathers
John Roach
for National Geographic News

October 6, 2004
A tiny, earlier cousin of Tyrannosaurus rex sported at least a partial
coat of hairlike feathers, scientists reported today. The dinosaur
chased prey and roamed the lakeside forests of Liaoning Province in
northern China some 130 million years ago, researchers said. (See
pictures of the new dinosaur.)

Although predicted by several paleontologists, the discovery marks the
first time featherlike structures have been directly observed on a
tyrannosaurid. Tyrannosaurids are predominantly large dinosaurs with
short forelimbs that roamed Earth 130 to 65 million years ago.

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Oh no! Just what we don't need, a flying T-Rex!