T. rex has another fine, feathered cousin

New dinosaur species was generously plumed

From 125-million-year-old rocks, scientists have unearthed the remains of a new species of extensively feathered dinosaurs that weighed up to about 1,400 kilograms and stretched 9 meters from nose to tail.

An artist’s impression of a group of Yutyrannus shows the newfound dinosaur’s feather-covered body. Brian Choo

The skull of Yutyrannus, along with other fossils from China, helped paleontologists unravel its relationship to Tyrannosaurus rex.