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No, this is not a late April Fools' joke. It's real. Some may recognize this as the feathered tyrannosauroid figured back in 2010 in a paper on the ontogeny of Similicaudipteryx. It was described as being "large", and it is. How big was Yutyrannus? About the same size as freaking Gigantoraptor. Or, for even better perspective, the size of Albertosaurus and Gorgosaurus, dwarfing any other known theropod from its environment!

There we go. A large theropod, and a possible tyrannosauroid to boot. Confirmed to have had feathers. More than worth the wait. And remember this? B-) (Probably not; I only had a handful of watchers back then.)

I post most dinosaur news here after the end of each month, but, you see, while the Microraptor feather colors study almost made me do this, this discovery actually made me do it. Several times.
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~ChocolateStarfire Apr 5, 2012  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
:D This is one of my favorite news items. And Twilight Sparkle is best pony. :)
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:iconalbertonykus:
It's probably everyone's favorite at this point. XD And yes, yes she is.
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*Crash-the-Megaraptor Apr 5, 2012  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
Hmm....but you know, the concept of a feathered Tyrannosaurus battling against a Triceratops covered in quills is.....actually quite bad-ass. XD
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:iconalbertonykus:
Right you are.
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*Ikechi1 Apr 5, 2012  Hobbyist General Artist
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:iconjd-man:
"I post most dinosaur news here after the end of each month, but, you see, while the Microraptor feather colors study almost made me do this, this discovery actually made me do it. Several times."

Why almost (as opposed to actually)?
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:iconalbertonykus:
Mostly because I was in a public area when I read about the Microraptor feather colors, actually. But just as well, because if anything I'm even more excited about Yutyrannus, if only because I already knew it was coming and because I called it.
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*Julio-Lacerda Apr 5, 2012  Hobbyist Digital Artist
I've read it was big, but without comparative measurements I have trouble imagining, say, how big "9m" is. So you say it was basically the size of Albertosaurus and Gorgosaurus, huh? I suddenly am much more confident about that fluffly Gorgosaurus pair of mine (regardless if it was a tyrannosaur or not).
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:iconspongebobfossilpants:
If not a tyrannosauroid, what is it?
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~Tomozaurus Apr 5, 2012  Student General Artist
My vote currently goes for Megaraptoran - with these as coelurosaurs like found by Mickey Mortimer.
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