article_snippet.sent: They suggest that male oviraptors had broader and longer chevron bones in They tails so They could shake They feather-tipped tail to woo potential mates (illustrated), much like modern peacocks .
article_snippet.sent: The team theorised that like birds, small feathered dinosaurs such as oviraptors used long feathers on their tails to attract mates, rather than for flying.
article_snippet.sent: My analysis of the tail skeletons supported this theory, because the tail skeletons showed adaptations for both high tail flexibility and enlarged tail musculature - both traits that would have helped an oviraptor to flaunt its tail fan in a mating dance,’ Mr Persons said.
article_snippet.sent: the experts suspect that male oviraptorosaurs shook male oviraptorosaurs tail feathers in intricate displays to woo potential mates, akin the behaviour of modern-day peacocks.
article_snippet.sent: While the theory is compelling, Thomas Holtz, a vertebrate paleontologist at the University of Maryland in College Park told Nature that it’s not yet completely convincing, because only one pair of oviraptor specimens have been studied.