The Field Museum reconstruction of T-Rex is chonk compared to the JP franchise T-Rex and pretty cute too

[Deleted member 437]

What's the point of its arms, really.

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Literally the exact same words that came out of my mouth.

 

[830920]

Hollywood getting caught spreading unhealthy beauty ideals once again.

 

[Heshinsi]

Where the feathers at?

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#TeamScales

T. Rex Was Likely Covered in Scales, Not Feathers

The research dispels theories that the fearsome dino boasted a feathery plume

www.smithsonianmag.com

Tyrannosaurus rex has long been depicted with scaly, reptile-like skin. Over the past few decades, however, new research has called the accuracy of that portrayal into question. Evidence of feathers was discovered on the fossils of earlier tyrannosaurs, leading scientists to believe that the king of the dinos may have boasted fluffy plumage.

But as Jason Bittel reports for National Geographic, new research suggests that the T. rex of our favorite childhood movies may have not been too far from the truth. According to a study recently published in the journal Biology Letters, the T. rex's skin was likely scaly.

An international team of researchers studied skin impressions taken from T. rex fossils found in Montana. They then compared those impressions to fossilized skin patches of other tryannosaurs, like the Albertosaurus, Daspletosaurus, Gorgosaurus, and Tarbosaurus. The samples represented parts of the dinosaurs' stomach, chest, neck, pelvis, and tail, according to Ben Guarino of the Washington Post. And none bore any traces of feathers.

These findings indicate "that most (if not all) large-bodied tyrannosaurids were scaly," the authors of the study write. They add that the T. rex may have had some feathers, but the plumage was likely limited to the dinosaur's back.

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[Sesha]

 

[abellwillring]

I like this Sue but the arms look even sillier than normal I think.

 

[Akronis]

chonk is so much better

looks cute af

 

[Glasgow Mega-Snake]

That's a cute chicken

 

[amoy]

That's probably a more accurate depiction of the dino.

I remember either an article somewhere else or a thread here where scientists said if you tried to predict what animals actually looked like, based only on their skeletons (and this is known animals, like a common house cat) you would end with some really odd looking creatures.

 

[19thCenturyFox]

Yep. The animals we see in film are not being given reasonable musculature because that stuff isn't preserved. For example, this is a baboon as drawn in the way that we reconstruct dinosaurs using nothing but the skeleton:

So yes, give me more chonk dinosaurs.

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When robits dig up our bones in 200 years and try to reconstruct us they'll think we all looked like Stephen Merchant.

 

[Abraxas]

Dinosaur finally made meatier

 

[PickledCucumber]

Where are the feathers?

 

[diakyu]

OH LAWD HE COMIN