English: Reconstruction of the small theropod dinosaur Dilong paradoxus , with a suit of hair -like feathers . Dilong was a close relative to Tyrannosaurus rex , but was merely about 5.5 - 6 feet long, and had longer forelimbs with 3 digits. So far, Dilong is the only tyrannosauroid with evidence for feathers . Those feathers were not the type which most birds have, but they was like a kiwibirds : Simple, hollow filaments, more like the fur in mammals . The color pattern is a guess, based on new research about Sinosauropteryx (another feathered dinosaur) possible colors ( [1] ).

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• Mounted skeleton of Dilong : [2] , [3]
• Skeletal drawing: [4]