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T. rex had feathers.
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CONTESTED PARTIAL
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3 sources for · 1 against
Is it true that T. rex had feathers?
Partly. A geology textbook case study concludes T. rex had feathers that were 'scarce at best,' and a popular trivia book repeats a 2004 report that T. rex had feathers; a children's reference, however, says it is unknown whether T. rex was feathered, scaly, or both. None of the sources settles the claim outright.
Verdict: CONTESTED PARTIAL · 3 sources for, 1 against · Last checked
Evidence for · 3
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LibreTexts: 33.03%3A To Feather or Not To Feather Dinosaur Body. (n.d.). geo.libretexts.org. https://geo.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Geology/Historical_Geology_(Bentley_et_al.)/33%3A_(Case_Study)_Dino_Debates_-_dinosaur_ecological_controversies/33.03%3A_To_Feather_or_Not_To_Feather_-_Dinosaur_Body
Evidence against · 1
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Wikibooks: Wikijunior:Dinosaurs/Tyrannosaurus. (n.d.). en.wikibooks.org. https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Wikijunior:Dinosaurs/Tyrannosaurus
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The de-textbook : the stuff you didn't know about the stuff you thought you knew. (2013). archive.org. https://archive.org/details/detextbookstuffy0000unse
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Feathered Dinosaurs. (2008). doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780195372663.001.0001
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