Semi-feathered T. rex and Chick coloring page

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Today's new drawing is of a semi-feathered T. rex and her chick. 

 Semi-feathered T. rex and Chick

This drawing is of a mother T. rex.  She is hunting or teaching hunting skills to her chick.  A few years ago at a dinosaur symposium at the University of Utah, a paleontologist told me that sooner or later we will see evidence that Tyrannosaurus rex was a feathered Theropod. Lately, the media portrayals of T. rex are starting to show at least some feathers or protofethers.  This drawing is like one of those.  

Large animals in warm climates have trouble getting rid of heat so maybe T. rex was more feathered as a juvenile and less feathered as an adult.  Or, maybe both juvenile and adult had just a few protofeathers... like depicted in this drawing.  

T. rex size has been debated but some estimates put it at 44 feet long and weighing up to 9 tons or 18,000 lbs.  "Teen-aged" T. rexes were more lightly built and may have chased prey into ambushes where the full-sized adults killed the prey.  Adult Tyrannosaurs had a tremendous bite force in their bite and may have been able to shatter neck bones with one good bite.

The late Cretaceous Period of the Mesozoic Era saw and uptick in volcanic activity.  In some places several species of dinosaurs had already gone extinct before the Meteorite hit.  So that is why I drew the erupting volcano.  One final point, the Pterosaurs in the drawing are Pteranodon, a common Pterosaur from the late Cretaceous.  

NOTE:  This drawing, in printable form, is found by clicking on the button labeled "Paleontology" and scrolling down to the bottom of the Mesozoic Life section.  If you are accessing this around October 2024 then the title for this drawing will be at or near the bottom of the Mesozoic section of the Paleontology list.  Just click on the title and you will get your printable coloring page.   Have fun coloring!