Feathered Dinosaurs

Feathered Dinosaurs

These are dinosaurs known or strongly suspected to have had feathers or feather‑like coverings.

Small theropods (dromaeosaurs & close relatives)

• Velociraptor
• Microraptor
• Deinonychus
• Troodon
• Dromaeosaurus
• Utahraptor (likely feathered)
• Dakotaraptor
• Anchiornis
• Archaeopteryx (transitional bird‑like dinosaur)
• Sinosauropteryx
• Sinornithosaurus
• Zhenyuanlong
• Changyuraptor
• Buitreraptor

Early birds / bird‑like dinosaurs (Avialae)

• Confuciusornis
• Enantiornithines (group of many small feathered “opposite birds”)
• Jeholornis

Other theropods with feather or filament evidence

• Yutyrannus (large feathered tyrannosauroid)
• Dilong (proto‑feathered tyrannosauroid)
• Beipiaosaurus (feathered therizinosaur)
• Ornithomimus (ostrich‑mimic with feather evidence)
• Caudipteryx (short‑tailed, fan‑feathered oviraptorosaur)
• Similicaudipteryx

You can turn any of these into separate thoughts for models, references, or dinorama ideas.