Dinosaurs the 1st to produce coloured eggs, not birds: Study
A new study has discovered that dinosaurs, not birds, were the first to produce coloured eggs. The study, which analysed 18 fossilised dinosaur eggshell samples, detected the blue-green and red-brown pigment present in colourful eggs of modern-day birds in 'Eumaniraptoran' dinosaurs. The group consists of small, carnivorous dinosaurs such as the Velociraptor. 