Velociraptor mongoliensis is the first Asian dromaeosaurid discovered in the 1920s. As its close relatives are found in North America, it is suggested that the land bridgewas extended between the two continents in the Late Cretaceous. Velociraptor featured in the "Jurassic Park". was too big. and the tail moved too flexibly in the movie whereas the real one was greatly stiffened by reinforcement of ossified tendons.

Carnegie Safari Velociraptor and Bullyland baby Aladar the Iguanodon from the Disney Dinosaur movie.

IIn 1923, at the Flaming Cliffs in Mongolia's Gobi desert, scientists from the American Museum of Natural History identified dinosaur eggs for the first time. They classified the eggs as belonging to Protoceratops, a small, plant-eating creature abundant in the area. Recent evidence suggests that that the eggs were from the theropod Oviraptor.

UHA Kaiyodo Oviraptor and Protoceratops.

15 million years before the dinosaurs became extinct and when the Velociraptor and the shield-headed Protoceratops roamed the Earth. The Gobi Desert, though primarily arid, also contained marshy areas and ponds created by water run-off from the surrounding mountains. Enough vegetation grew then to support a wide variety of dinosaurs, lizards, and mammals.

Disney Dinosaur figures from Mattel.