Was T. rex Feathered?

by Ken Ham on October 23, 2026
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The mighty dinosaur, Tyrannosaurus rex, is increasingly being depicted covered in feathers and fuzz. But what did T. rex look like based on the actual fossil evidence?

Well, before we get to that, let’s discuss why dinosaurs like T. rex are so often depicted covered in feathers. This idea of “feathered dinosaurs” comes from the atheistic evolutionary worldview. They assume common ancestry between dinosaurs and birds and therefore believe that, at some point, dinosaurs must have evolved proto-feathers and then, eventually, full pennaceous feathers. In fact, many evolutionists today call birds living dinosaurs, as ridiculous as that is.

But does this idea actually come from the evidence or just from evolutionary imagination? Paleoartist Joel Leineweber recently addressed this idea of feathers on T. rex—and what this creature actually looked like—in the video below. I encourage you to watch and share it with others.

Birds and dinosaurs are not related but are totally separate kinds of creatures, created on separate days of creation week.

No, T. rex was not covered in feathers—and neither were other dinosaurs. Birds and dinosaurs are not related but are totally separate kinds of creatures, created on separate days of creation week (birds on day 5, and dinosaurs—which were land-dwelling animals—on day 6 along with the other land creatures).

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This item was written with the assistance of AiG’s research team.

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