Raptors

Microraptor, a crow-sized dromaeosaurid from Early Cretaceous China (125 Ma), had flight feathers on both its forelimbs and hind limbs — giving it four functional wings. Studies of its feathers and anatomy suggest it could glide between trees in a biplane configuration. Remarkably, stomach contents reveal it ate fish, birds, and lizards, making it one of the most versatile predators of its size in dinosaur history.

Despite their Hollywood portrayal as human-sized killing machines in Jurassic Park, real Velociraptors were about the size of a large turkey — roughly 60 cm tall and 1.8 m long — and weighed only about 15 kg. They were covered in feathers and likely used their famous curved claw for pinning prey rather than slashing. The Jurassic Park raptors were actually based more on Deinonychus or Utahraptor.