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T-Rex’s closest relatives

March 18, 2021March 18, 2021 cory

Fact! The Tyranosaurus Rex’s closest living relatives are chickens and ostriches! Many scientists think that they had feathers, but there’s still some debate. We do know that at least some dinosaurs had feathers because of the fossil record.

If you look a the skeletons of T-Rex, chickens. and ostriches, you can see how similar they are. On thing that’s for sure though, is the T-Rex was MUCH bigger!

Can you tell which one of these skeletons is a T-Rex, which one is a chicken, and which one is an ostrich? I bet you can!

Sources:

  • https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/t-rex-linked-to-chickens-ostriches-180940877
  • https://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/dinosaurs-ancient-fossils/liaoning-diorama/a-feathered-tyrant
  • https://www.theguardian.com/science/2007/apr/13/uknews.taxonomy

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