Or this feature may have helped Protoceratops attract a mate or scare off challengers of the same species, much as a deer uses its antlers. A member of the dromaeosaur group, Velociraptor shared a number of features with modern birds, including feathers. Although only the size of a coyote, Velociraptor was one of the chief predators here. Its deadliest weapon, though, was the huge talon on each of its hind feet, with which it could rip into the flesh of a victim. A group of dinosaurs closely related to birds, oviraptorid were nurturing parents that may have continued to care for their offspring after they hatched.
Recent evidence indicates it had feathers.
Its head crest, which resembles that of a modern hornbill, may have served to attract a mate.