Taphonomic experiments resolve controls on the preservation of melanosomes and keratinous tissues in feathers

The molecular evolution of feathers with direct evidence from fossils

(2019) Yanhong Pan et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Fossilized skin reveals coevolution with feathers and metabolism in feathered dinosaurs and early birds

(2018) Maria E. McNamara et al.   Nature Communications

Non-integumentary melanosomes can bias reconstructions of the colours of fossil vertebrates

(2018) Maria E. McNamara et al.   Nature Communications

Manganese-Driven Carbon Oxidation at Oxic-Anoxic Interfaces

(2018) Morris E. Jones et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Sediment-encased maturation: a novel method for simulating diagenesis in organic fossil preservation

(2018) Evan T. Saitta et al.   PALAEONTOLOGY

Mechanistic insights into the bleaching of melanin by alkaline hydrogen peroxide

(2017) R.A.W. Smith et al.   FREE RADICAL BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE

Low fossilization potential of keratin protein revealed by experimental taphonomy

(2017) Evan T. Saitta et al.   PALAEONTOLOGY

EXPERIMENTAL TAPHONOMY OF KERATIN: A STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS OF EARLY TAPHONOMIC CHANGES

(2017) EVAN T. SAITTA et al.   PALAIOS

Acid hydrolysis reveals a low but constant level of pheomelanin in human black to brown hair

(2017) Shosuke Ito et al.   Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research

Biochemistry and adaptive colouration of an exceptionally preserved juvenile fossil sea turtle

(2017) Johan Lindgren et al.   Scientific Reports

Relationship of pyroclastic volcanism and lake-water acidification to Jehol Biota mass mortality events (Early Cretaceous, northeastern China)

(2016) Lian Zhou et al.   CHEMICAL GEOLOGY

Reconstructing Carotenoid-Based and Structural Coloration in Fossil Skin

(2016) Maria E. McNamara et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

3D Camouflage in an Ornithischian Dinosaur

(2016) Jakob Vinther et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Molecular and microstructural inventory of an isolated fossil bird feather from the Eocene Fur Formation of Denmark

(2016) Johan A. Gren et al.   PALAEONTOLOGY

Fossilization of melanosomes via sulfurization

(2016) Maria E. McNamara et al.   PALAEONTOLOGY

Molecular evidence of keratin and melanosomes in feathers of the Early Cretaceous birdEoconfuciusornis

(2016) Yanhong Pan et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Keratin: Structure, mechanical properties, occurrence in biological organisms, and efforts at bioinspiration

(2016) Bin Wang et al.   PROGRESS IN MATERIALS SCIENCE

Keratin Durability Has Implications for the Fossil Record: Results from a 10 Year Feather Degradation Experiment

(2016) Alison E. Moyer et al.   PLoS One

A guide to the field of palaeo colour

(2015) Jakob Vinther   BIOESSAYS

Fossil melanosomes or bacteria? A wealth of findings favours melanosomes

(2015) Jakob Vinther   BIOESSAYS

Molecular composition and ultrastructure of Jurassic paravian feathers

(2015) Johan Lindgren et al.   Scientific Reports

Lowering N2O emissions from soils using eucalypt biochar: the importance of redox reactions

(2015) P Quin et al.   Scientific Reports

Aquifer pre-oxidation using permanganate to mitigate water quality deterioration during aquifer storage and recovery

(2014) E.A. Antoniou et al.   APPLIED GEOCHEMISTRY

Skin pigmentation provides evidence of convergent melanism in extinct marine reptiles

(2014) Johan Lindgren et al.   NATURE

Bacteria or melanosomes? A geochemical analysis of micro-bodies on a tadpole from the Oligocene Enspel Formation of Germany

(2014) Holly E. Barden et al.   Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments

Experimental maturation of feathers: implications for reconstructions of fossil feather colour

(2013) M. E. McNamara et al.   Biology Letters

Impact of diagenesis and maturation on the survival of eumelanin in the fossil record

(2013) Keely Glass et al.   ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY

UVA-induced oxidative degradation of melanins: fission of indole moiety in eumelanin and conversion to benzothiazole moiety in pheomelanin

(2012) Kazumasa Wakamatsu et al.   Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research

Direct chemical evidence for eumelanin pigment from the Jurassic period

(2012) K. Glass et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Molecular preservation of the pigment melanin in fossil melanosomes

(2012) Johan Lindgren et al.   Nature Communications

Usefulness of alkaline hydrogen peroxide oxidation to analyze eumelanin and pheomelanin in various tissue samples: application to chemical analysis of human hair melanins

(2011) Shosuke Ito et al.   Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research

Infrared mapping resolves soft tissue preservation in 50 million year-old reptile skin

(2011) N. P. Edwards et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Trace Metals as Biomarkers for Eumelanin Pigment in the Fossil Record

(2011) R. A. Wogelius et al.   SCIENCE

Fossilized melanosomes and the colour of Cretaceous dinosaurs and birds

(2010) Fucheng Zhang et al.   NATURE

Plumage Color Patterns of an Extinct Dinosaur

(2010) Q. Li et al.   SCIENCE

Electrodeposition of copper from spent Li-ion batteries by electrochemical quartz crystal microbalance and impedance spectroscopy techniques

(2009) V. G. Celante et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ELECTROCHEMISTRY

The remarkable fossils from the Early Cretaceous Jehol Biota of China and how they have changed our knowledge of Mesozoic life

(2009) Michael J. Benton et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE GEOLOGISTS ASSOCIATION

Mineralized soft-tissue structure and chemistry in a mummified hadrosaur from the Hell Creek Formation, North Dakota (USA)

(2009) P. L. Manning et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

The colour of fossil feathers

(2008) J. Vinther et al.   Biology Letters

Oxidation by permanganate: synthetic and mechanistic aspects

(2008) Sukalyan Dash et al.   TETRAHEDRON

Chemistry of Mixed Melanogenesis—Pivotal Roles of Dopaquinone

(2007) Shosuke Ito et al.   PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY