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Dinosaur eggs came in many colors

Adam Khor · 2018-11-03 02:19:17

Further evidence that theropod eggs were as varied and colorful as today's bird's. Deinonychus, the Jurassic Park "raptor", apparently laid blue-green eggs. Sauropods and ornitischians, however, apparently laid white eggs exclusively which may have been a sign that they buried the eggs like turtles and other reptiles…

03-11-2018 2:19am

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Adam Khor

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Further evidence that theropod eggs were as varied and colorful as today's bird's. Deinonychus, the Jurassic Park "raptor", apparently laid blue-green eggs. Sauropods and ornitischians, however, apparently laid white eggs exclusively which may have been a sign that they buried the eggs like turtles and other reptiles today.

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/10/dinosaur-eggs-came-many-colors-just-birds

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#2 05-11-2018 10:20am

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makes easter a bit dodgy then.

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