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Polar Tyrannosaurid Feathering; It makes no sense
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Integument coverings wouldn't be constant across a family - just look at elephants and mammoths, or humans and chimps. Something like Tyrannosaurus reducing its feather covering significantly? Makes perfect sense, it was gigantic and lived in a fairly hot ecosystem. Somewhat smaller creatures in colder environments, like a Gorgosaurus? Probably a bit fuffier than that. Nanuqsaurus, the smallest tyrannosaurid and the one that lived in the coldest environment? I'd expect it to be primarily fuzzy.

No, I'm not gonna justify this by trying.
Why the heck are You comparing Tyrannosaurs with Elephants? are You saying Tyrannosaurus could have potentially had a trunk or something? Tyrannosaurus did not eat peanuts so EVERYONE please stop comparing Tyrannosaurus to a Elephant
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Integument coverings wouldn't be constant across a family - just look at elephants and mammoths, or humans and chimps. Something like Tyrannosaurus reducing its feather covering significantly? Makes perfect sense, it was gigantic and lived in a fairly hot ecosystem. Somewhat smaller creatures in colder environments, like a Gorgosaurus? Probably a bit fuffier than that. Nanuqsaurus, the smallest tyrannosaurid and the one that lived in the coldest environment? I'd expect it to be primarily fuzzy.

No, I'm not gonna justify this by trying.
Why the heck are You comparing Tyrannosaurs with Elephants? are You saying Tyrannosaurus could have potentially had a trunk or something? Tyrannosaurus did not eat peanuts so EVERYONE please stop comparing Tyrannosaurus to a Elephant
1. Elephants don't eat peanuts in the wild.

2. And no, we are not saying that elephants are the same as tyannosaurs. We are using them for comparison because because they are both elephants and t rex are very large animals that lived in hot environments and have reduced integument
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Integument coverings wouldn't be constant across a family - just look at elephants and mammoths, or humans and chimps. Something like Tyrannosaurus reducing its feather covering significantly? Makes perfect sense, it was gigantic and lived in a fairly hot ecosystem. Somewhat smaller creatures in colder environments, like a Gorgosaurus? Probably a bit fuffier than that. Nanuqsaurus, the smallest tyrannosaurid and the one that lived in the coldest environment? I'd expect it to be primarily fuzzy.

No, I'm not gonna justify this by trying.
Why the heck are You comparing Tyrannosaurs with Elephants? are You saying Tyrannosaurus could have potentially had a trunk or something? Tyrannosaurus did not eat peanuts so EVERYONE please stop comparing Tyrannosaurus to a Elephant
1. Elephants don't eat peanuts in the wild.

2. And no, we are not saying that elephants are the same as tyannosaurs. We are using them for comparison because because they are both elephants and t rex are very large animals that lived in hot environments and have reduced integument
Comparing Tyrannosaurs to Elephants is so mainstream
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Integument coverings wouldn't be constant across a family - just look at elephants and mammoths, or humans and chimps. Something like Tyrannosaurus reducing its feather covering significantly? Makes perfect sense, it was gigantic and lived in a fairly hot ecosystem. Somewhat smaller creatures in colder environments, like a Gorgosaurus? Probably a bit fuffier than that. Nanuqsaurus, the smallest tyrannosaurid and the one that lived in the coldest environment? I'd expect it to be primarily fuzzy.

No, I'm not gonna justify this by trying.
Why the heck are You comparing Tyrannosaurs with Elephants? are You saying Tyrannosaurus could have potentially had a trunk or something? Tyrannosaurus did not eat peanuts so EVERYONE please stop comparing Tyrannosaurus to a Elephant
1. Elephants don't eat peanuts in the wild.

2. And no, we are not saying that elephants are the same as tyannosaurs. We are using them for comparison because because they are both elephants and t rex are very large animals that lived in hot environments and have reduced integument
Comparing Tyrannosaurs to Elephants is so mainstream
What does that prove? It is a valid comparison because elephants are the only tyrannosaurus sized land animals still in existence and seeing why it has reduced integument is relevant to large dinosaurs such as tyrannosaurs.
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ARTH-6810: A world without vertebrates (It's ded, but you can still read I guess)

Potential ideas-
Swamp world: A world covered in lakes, with the largest being caspian sized.
Nematozoic: After a mass extinction of ultimate proportions, a single species of nematode is the only surviving animal.
Tri-devonian: A devonian like ecosystem with holocene species on three different continents.

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How about we compare them to ostriches, instead? They're dinosaurs native to a hot environment.
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Integument coverings wouldn't be constant across a family - just look at elephants and mammoths, or humans and chimps. Something like Tyrannosaurus reducing its feather covering significantly? Makes perfect sense, it was gigantic and lived in a fairly hot ecosystem. Somewhat smaller creatures in colder environments, like a Gorgosaurus? Probably a bit fuffier than that. Nanuqsaurus, the smallest tyrannosaurid and the one that lived in the coldest environment? I'd expect it to be primarily fuzzy.

No, I'm not gonna justify this by trying.
Why the heck are You comparing Tyrannosaurs with Elephants? are You saying Tyrannosaurus could have potentially had a trunk or something? Tyrannosaurus did not eat peanuts so EVERYONE please stop comparing Tyrannosaurus to a Elephant
1. Elephants don't eat peanuts in the wild.

2. And no, we are not saying that elephants are the same as tyannosaurs. We are using them for comparison because because they are both elephants and t rex are very large animals that lived in hot environments and have reduced integument
Comparing Tyrannosaurs to Elephants is so mainstream
What does that prove? It is a valid comparison because elephants are the only tyrannosaurus sized land animals still in existence and seeing why it has reduced integument is relevant to large dinosaurs such as tyrannosaurs.
That still does not mean that Nanqusaurus would be covered in feathers if Tyrannosaurus was covered in scaly skin
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That still does not mean that Nanqusaurus would be covered in feathers if Tyrannosaurus was covered in scaly skin
Yeah, and great horned owls don't have tufts of feathers on their heads because their relatives the snowy owl doesn't.
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Integument coverings wouldn't be constant across a family - just look at elephants and mammoths, or humans and chimps. Something like Tyrannosaurus reducing its feather covering significantly? Makes perfect sense, it was gigantic and lived in a fairly hot ecosystem. Somewhat smaller creatures in colder environments, like a Gorgosaurus? Probably a bit fuffier than that. Nanuqsaurus, the smallest tyrannosaurid and the one that lived in the coldest environment? I'd expect it to be primarily fuzzy.

No, I'm not gonna justify this by trying.
Why the heck are You comparing Tyrannosaurs with Elephants? are You saying Tyrannosaurus could have potentially had a trunk or something? Tyrannosaurus did not eat peanuts so EVERYONE please stop comparing Tyrannosaurus to a Elephant
1. Elephants don't eat peanuts in the wild.

2. And no, we are not saying that elephants are the same as tyannosaurs. We are using them for comparison because because they are both elephants and t rex are very large animals that lived in hot environments and have reduced integument
Comparing Tyrannosaurs to Elephants is so mainstream
What does that prove? It is a valid comparison because elephants are the only tyrannosaurus sized land animals still in existence and seeing why it has reduced integument is relevant to large dinosaurs such as tyrannosaurs.
That still does not mean that Nanqusaurus would be covered in feathers if Tyrannosaurus was covered in scaly skin
Did you not hear what people said? IT WAS SMALL AND IT LIVED IN A POLAR ENVIRONMENT. Of course it would be fluffy.
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Nematozoic: After a mass extinction of ultimate proportions, a single species of nematode is the only surviving animal.
Tri-devonian: A devonian like ecosystem with holocene species on three different continents.

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- The Curious Case of the Woolly Giraffe: A case study of an eocene relic.
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Integument coverings wouldn't be constant across a family - just look at elephants and mammoths, or humans and chimps. Something like Tyrannosaurus reducing its feather covering significantly? Makes perfect sense, it was gigantic and lived in a fairly hot ecosystem. Somewhat smaller creatures in colder environments, like a Gorgosaurus? Probably a bit fuffier than that. Nanuqsaurus, the smallest tyrannosaurid and the one that lived in the coldest environment? I'd expect it to be primarily fuzzy.

No, I'm not gonna justify this by trying.
Why the heck are You comparing Tyrannosaurs with Elephants? are You saying Tyrannosaurus could have potentially had a trunk or something? Tyrannosaurus did not eat peanuts so EVERYONE please stop comparing Tyrannosaurus to a Elephant
1. Elephants don't eat peanuts in the wild.

2. And no, we are not saying that elephants are the same as tyannosaurs. We are using them for comparison because because they are both elephants and t rex are very large animals that lived in hot environments and have reduced integument
Comparing Tyrannosaurs to Elephants is so mainstream
What does that prove? It is a valid comparison because elephants are the only tyrannosaurus sized land animals still in existence and seeing why it has reduced integument is relevant to large dinosaurs such as tyrannosaurs.
That still does not mean that Nanqusaurus would be covered in feathers if Tyrannosaurus was covered in scaly skin
Did you not hear what people said? IT WAS SMALL AND IT LIVED IN A POLAR ENVIRONMENT. Of course it would be fluffy.
But it is a close relative of Tyrannosaurus which was completely covered in scaly skin so that means that Nanqusaurus would also be completely covered in scaly skin too, it is impossible for Nanqusaurus have feathers if it's close kind such as Tyrannosaurus and Gorgosaurus were completely scaly beasts
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Integument coverings wouldn't be constant across a family - just look at elephants and mammoths, or humans and chimps. Something like Tyrannosaurus reducing its feather covering significantly? Makes perfect sense, it was gigantic and lived in a fairly hot ecosystem. Somewhat smaller creatures in colder environments, like a Gorgosaurus? Probably a bit fuffier than that. Nanuqsaurus, the smallest tyrannosaurid and the one that lived in the coldest environment? I'd expect it to be primarily fuzzy.

No, I'm not gonna justify this by trying.
Why the heck are You comparing Tyrannosaurs with Elephants? are You saying Tyrannosaurus could have potentially had a trunk or something? Tyrannosaurus did not eat peanuts so EVERYONE please stop comparing Tyrannosaurus to a Elephant
1. Elephants don't eat peanuts in the wild.

2. And no, we are not saying that elephants are the same as tyannosaurs. We are using them for comparison because because they are both elephants and t rex are very large animals that lived in hot environments and have reduced integument
Comparing Tyrannosaurs to Elephants is so mainstream
What does that prove? It is a valid comparison because elephants are the only tyrannosaurus sized land animals still in existence and seeing why it has reduced integument is relevant to large dinosaurs such as tyrannosaurs.
That still does not mean that Nanqusaurus would be covered in feathers if Tyrannosaurus was covered in scaly skin
Did you not hear what people said? IT WAS SMALL AND IT LIVED IN A POLAR ENVIRONMENT. Of course it would be fluffy.
But it is a close relative of Tyrannosaurus which was completely covered in scaly skin so that means that Nanqusaurus would also be completely covered in scaly skin too, it is impossible for Nanqusaurus have feathers if it's close kind such as Tyrannosaurus and Gorgosaurus were completely scaly beasts
For the last time. LOOK AT MAMMOTHS AND ELEPHANTS
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They are both in the same family yet they have different integument patterns.
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For how about a human and a chimp. Same family, different integument distribution.
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ARTH-6810: A world without vertebrates (It's ded, but you can still read I guess)

Potential ideas-
Swamp world: A world covered in lakes, with the largest being caspian sized.
Nematozoic: After a mass extinction of ultimate proportions, a single species of nematode is the only surviving animal.
Tri-devonian: A devonian like ecosystem with holocene species on three different continents.

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Integument coverings wouldn't be constant across a family - just look at elephants and mammoths, or humans and chimps. Something like Tyrannosaurus reducing its feather covering significantly? Makes perfect sense, it was gigantic and lived in a fairly hot ecosystem. Somewhat smaller creatures in colder environments, like a Gorgosaurus? Probably a bit fuffier than that. Nanuqsaurus, the smallest tyrannosaurid and the one that lived in the coldest environment? I'd expect it to be primarily fuzzy.

No, I'm not gonna justify this by trying.
Why the heck are You comparing Tyrannosaurs with Elephants? are You saying Tyrannosaurus could have potentially had a trunk or something? Tyrannosaurus did not eat peanuts so EVERYONE please stop comparing Tyrannosaurus to a Elephant
1. Elephants don't eat peanuts in the wild.

2. And no, we are not saying that elephants are the same as tyannosaurs. We are using them for comparison because because they are both elephants and t rex are very large animals that lived in hot environments and have reduced integument
Comparing Tyrannosaurs to Elephants is so mainstream
What does that prove? It is a valid comparison because elephants are the only tyrannosaurus sized land animals still in existence and seeing why it has reduced integument is relevant to large dinosaurs such as tyrannosaurs.
That still does not mean that Nanqusaurus would be covered in feathers if Tyrannosaurus was covered in scaly skin
Did you not hear what people said? IT WAS SMALL AND IT LIVED IN A POLAR ENVIRONMENT. Of course it would be fluffy.
But it is a close relative of Tyrannosaurus which was completely covered in scaly skin so that means that Nanqusaurus would also be completely covered in scaly skin too, it is impossible for Nanqusaurus have feathers if it's close kind such as Tyrannosaurus and Gorgosaurus were completely scaly beasts
For the last time. LOOK AT MAMMOTHS AND ELEPHANTS
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They are both in the same family yet they have different integument patterns.
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For how about a human and a chimp. Same family, different integument distribution.
Elephants and Humans are not covered in scales, They simply have bare skin devoid of hair

I know this because I am a human and I don't see any scales on Me

Also please STOP COMPARING TYRANNOSAURS TO ELEPHANTS

1. Elephants eat plants, Tyrannosaurs eat meat
2. Elephants have trunks, Tyrannosaurs don't
3. Elephants have tusks, Tyrannosaurs don't
4. Elephants have four legs, Tyrannosaurs have two legs
5. Elephants are mammals, Tyrannosaurs are dinosaurs

Saying Nanqusaurus was covered in fluffy feathers while Tyrannosaurus was completely scaly because of Elephants and Mammoths is like saying that Luigi is evil while Mario is good because of Loki and Thor
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Alright, I didn't think I needed to actually put effort into a reply, as it seems two pictures of two birds in the same family wasn't enough.

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Why would a Tyrannosaurid from a northern environment suddenly go back to being feathered when all of it's closest relatives were fully covered in scaly skin?

This question relies on the idea of Tyrannosaurus being completely featherless, which given evidence and hints from other animals is hard to argue for. The idea isn't impossible, but from what I know unlikely.

Allow me to respond back with a question: what makes tyrannosaurids unique in terms of integument that would make them unable to evolve more feathering? The fact that other tyrannosauroids have large amount of feathers, including relatively large ones, would make the case of species like Nanuqsaurus being relatively densely covered in feathers likely. Yutyrannus is a well known feathered tyrannosauroid that also lived in a cool climate, and estimates say it was a bit larger than Nanuqsaurus (9 meters long vs 6 meters long, respectably). That alone would make it certainly likely for it to be at least equally adapted for living in a cold climate.

The thing with (at least) dinosaurian integument is that they're very flexible, and can change relatively dramatically. Reticula can become feathers, and such feathers can revert back (and feathers can change to different kinds of feathers, and what not. Again, very flexible). The example I shown was of a modern one: a foot of a pheasant of sort (ring necked presumably) vs a ptarmigan's foot. Both are members of the same family, yet given the climate their integument changed. This sort of change can even be achieved through selective breeding (A silkie chicken, an example of the feathers turning into ones more akin to the fluff of chicks. A fancy pigeon, where some of the leg scutes have been turned to wing feathers).

It's quiet likely could have occurred in such Mesozoic beasts, integument changing is hardly odd in nature.

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All land mammals have hair and its possible the reason they are never lost is because its primary function is not insulatory at all but tactile, helping to detect ectoparasites, for example.

One hypothesis on the origin of feathers is somewhat similar, suggesting that feathers originally served a tactile reason. Perhaps the lack of micro-feathers on the feet of many modern birds is simply because it's not needed?

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Why the heck are You comparing Tyrannosaurs with Elephants? are You saying Tyrannosaurus could have potentially had a trunk or something? Tyrannosaurus did not eat peanuts so EVERYONE please stop comparing Tyrannosaurus to a Elephant

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Comparing Tyrannosaurs to Elephants is so mainstream

This makes me think you're not really interested in reason, either simply trolling or you don't want an answer you don't like.

To answer your question here, the comparison with elephants is because they're some of the best comparisons we really have. If you have noticed the days of giant land megafauna is over, so modern elephants are the best thing to us especially given how much we know of their relatives. The woolly mammoths of yore are well known to have large amounts of fur as one of their adaptations to keep warm in their cold climates, while in comparison their modern relatives (Asian elephants, more distantly African elephants) who live in warmer environments have considerably reduced amount of fur. Especially if you keep in mind that these mammoths are closer to Asian elephants, changing the fur of these are animals wasn't a hard transition.

With this as well as other examples, this means that Nanuqsaurus could have easily been more feathery than its more southern relatives. The comparison isn't related to ecology to specific morphological features, but only size and climate.

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How about we compare them to ostriches, instead?

They're not of comparable size though, and other large flightless birds also live in hot climates yet they can be rather fluffy such as emus.
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Nematozoic: After a mass extinction of ultimate proportions, a single species of nematode is the only surviving animal.
Tri-devonian: A devonian like ecosystem with holocene species on three different continents.

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