Shaggy Dinosaurs Unearthed in Liaoning

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Amina Khan, Dinosaur feathers: Fossils Indicate T rex Cousin Had Shaggy Coat. Los Angeles Times, Apr 5, 2012.
http://www.latimes.com/news/scie ... d-dinosaur-20120405,0,5455707.story

Note:
(a) shag (n; Middle English *shagge, from Old English sceacga; akin to Old Norse skegg beard, skaga to project; First Known Use: before 12th century):
"a shaggy tangled mass or covering (as of hair)"
(b) Tyrannosaurus rex
(i) Tyrannosaurus (Latin, from Greek tyrannos tyrant + sauros lizard; First Known Use 1924)
(ii) The noun "rex" is Latin for "king."
(c) theropod (n; New Latin Theropoda, from Greek thēr wild animal + pod-, pous foot)

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