Feathers for T-rex?

["Michael Lovejoy" <michael@palaeoproductions.fsnet.co.uk>]

A few months back, we had a thread on the possibility of feathered T-rexes.
Most people shot this idea down, but in a recent (unrelated) post, Doc Holtz
wrote: "...compsognathids, oviraptorosaur, therizinosauroids, and
dromaeosaurids...from China...share either simple "protofeathers" or
honest-to-goodness feathers...the simplest explanation is that their common
ancestor shared the derived trait of "feathers"...There remains the
possibility that large coelurosaurs did indeed lose this feature, but one
would need to find positive evidence to the contrary to
sustain this."
Okay, so maybe I'm reading to much into this, but surely this means we must
assume T-rex was at least partially feathered until we find evidence to the
contrary? Anyone got an opinion?
Regards,
Michael Lovejoy
PalaeoProductions
http://www.palaeoproductions.fsnet.co.uk
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