And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind...
Genesis 1:24
"The recent discovery of a tiny tyrannosaur jaw bone fragment and a claw has some scientists again pushing dinosaurs as birds.
Q: But is there any evidence that T. rex had feathers, as so often is portrayed, let alone as young hatchlings?
A group of paleontologists, led by Gregory Funston from the University of Edinburgh, have identified the first embryonic bones from a tyrannosaur, a tiny jaw fragment and a claw. The science team wrote:
Although no eggs or shell fragments have ever been found for tyrannosaurs, the team used the fossil bones to estimate that tyrannosaurs likely had eggs about 17 inches long, making them some of the largest eggs of any dinosaur discovered thus far. The distinctive enlarged or pronounced chin was one of the key features in the tyrannosaur designation.
For the past few decades, evolutionary scientists have claimed that dinosaurs evolved into birds, and some now declare that dinosaurs are birds. Even the artwork showing feathers on baby dinosaurs is becoming mainstream.
Q: But did the new discovery of a tiny jaw bone and a claw demonstrate that young T. rex hatchlings were covered in feathers, as artist Julius Csotonyi portrayed them?
A group of paleontologists, led by Gregory Funston from the University of Edinburgh, have identified the first embryonic bones from a tyrannosaur, a tiny jaw fragment and a claw. The science team wrote:
An embryonic dentary (cf. Daspletosaurus) from the Two
Medicine Formation of Montana, measuring just 1.2 in long,
already exhibits distinctive tyrannosaurine characters like a “chin” and
a deep Meckelian groove, and reveals the earliest stages of tooth
development. When considered together with a remarkably large embryonic
ungual [claw] from the Horseshoe Canyon Formation of Alberta, minimum
hatchling size of tyrannosaurids can be roughly estimated.
Although no eggs or shell fragments have ever been found for tyrannosaurs, the team used the fossil bones to estimate that tyrannosaurs likely had eggs about 17 inches long, making them some of the largest eggs of any dinosaur discovered thus far. The distinctive enlarged or pronounced chin was one of the key features in the tyrannosaur designation.
For the past few decades, evolutionary scientists have claimed that dinosaurs evolved into birds, and some now declare that dinosaurs are birds. Even the artwork showing feathers on baby dinosaurs is becoming mainstream.
Q: But did the new discovery of a tiny jaw bone and a claw demonstrate that young T. rex hatchlings were covered in feathers, as artist Julius Csotonyi portrayed them?
Q: Or is this just a case of wishful thinking?
A: There is a strong disconnect between birds and dinosaurs. Dinosaurs had brains that looked more like an alligator than a bird, they walked balanced on their hips—unlike birds—and there is no indisputable evidence that any dinosaur had feathers. In fact, there is a great amount of evidence that dinosaurs were cold-blooded unlike birds.
Unfortunately, Funston and his colleagues found no skin imprint associated with the juvenile discoveries. But there have been skin imprints of other embryonic dinosaurs showing definitive scaly, reptilian-style skin. These were sauropod dinosaurs, not theropods like T. rex.
A: There is a strong disconnect between birds and dinosaurs. Dinosaurs had brains that looked more like an alligator than a bird, they walked balanced on their hips—unlike birds—and there is no indisputable evidence that any dinosaur had feathers. In fact, there is a great amount of evidence that dinosaurs were cold-blooded unlike birds.
Unfortunately, Funston and his colleagues found no skin imprint associated with the juvenile discoveries. But there have been skin imprints of other embryonic dinosaurs showing definitive scaly, reptilian-style skin. These were sauropod dinosaurs, not theropods like T. rex.
Q: So, is it reasonable to conclude tyrannosaur babies had feathers?
A: The answer is a resounding no. The confirmation came in 2017 when Phil Bell and an international team of paleontologists showed conclusively that all tyrannosaurs, including T. rex, had scaly skin with no hint of feathers whatsoever.
God made birds on Day 5 of the creation week and the dinosaurs on Day 6. They are separate types of animals altogether. They did not evolve one into the other as evolutionists claim. Artwork of young tyrannosaurs with feathers is mere fiction." ICR
A: The answer is a resounding no. The confirmation came in 2017 when Phil Bell and an international team of paleontologists showed conclusively that all tyrannosaurs, including T. rex, had scaly skin with no hint of feathers whatsoever.
God made birds on Day 5 of the creation week and the dinosaurs on Day 6. They are separate types of animals altogether. They did not evolve one into the other as evolutionists claim. Artwork of young tyrannosaurs with feathers is mere fiction." ICR
