Carnotaurus was further characterized by small, vestigialforelimbs and long, slender hind limbs. The skeleton is preserved with extensive skin impressions, showing a mosaic of small, non-overlapping scales approximately 5 mm in diameter. The mosaic was interrupted by large bumps that lined the sides of the animal, and there are no hints of feathers.
Scalation was similar across different body parts with the exception of the head, which apparently showed a different, irregular pattern of scales.[AL][15]There is no evidence of feathers.[7] Larger bump-like structures were distributed over the sides of the neck, back and tail in irregular rows.
That’s so cool that we’ve come so far that a fairly fringe notion in my own childhood in the 90s is now not only presented as fact but so clearly presented going “and here’s how we know!”
Big chicken
If ever there was a dinosaur that should be shown with feathers, this may be it
Edit: I have been proven conclusively wrong, good day. Ill bet it wished it had feathers, though. Struttin around like that.
Unfortunately for Carnotaurus:
That’s so cool that we’ve come so far that a fairly fringe notion in my own childhood in the 90s is now not only presented as fact but so clearly presented going “and here’s how we know!”
It’s neat that I’m wrong
I also just want to say, I only found this when I went looking to find what kind of feather patterns they might’ve had lol
Ever got an appetite so bad you started looking like this that it even shook the Sun and popped it back to chickensize.