Meet the Cryolophosaurus, a 21-foot predator of the Early Jurassic that looked like a T-Rex with feathers! The animal’s distinctive crest and feathery coat set it apart from other dinosaurs.

This approach likely didn’t suit the giant T.rex, however, and so the feathers were lost in some groups but retained by others, including the dinosaurs we share this planet with today.

which was on view from 2019-2021, visitors encountered a massive life-sized model of T. rex with patches of feathers—the most scientifically accurate representation of T. rex to date.