Systematic analysis of exceptionally preserved fossils: correlated patterns of decay and preservation

Biogenic Iron Preserves Structures during Fossilization: A Hypothesis

(2020) Farid Saleh et al.   BIOESSAYS

Experimental analysis of soft-tissue fossilization: opening the black box

(2018) Mark A. Purnell et al.   PALAEONTOLOGY

Unveiling biases in soft-tissue phosphatization: extensive preservation of musculature in the Cretaceous (Cenomanian) polychaeteRollinschaeta myoplena(Annelida: Amphinomidae)

(2016) Paul Wilson et al.   PALAEONTOLOGY

Fossilization of melanosomes via sulfurization

(2016) Maria E. McNamara et al.   PALAEONTOLOGY

Pigmented anatomy in Carboniferous cyclostomes and the evolution of the vertebrate eye

(2016) Sarah E. Gabbott et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Preservation and phylogeny of Cambrian ecdysozoans tested by experimental decay of Priapulus

(2016) Robert S. Sansom   Scientific Reports

Decay of velvet worms (Onychophora), and bias in the fossil record of lobopodians

(2014) Duncan JE Murdock et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Bias and Sensitivity in the Placement of Fossil Taxa Resulting from Interpretations of Missing Data

(2014) Robert S. Sansom   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

Unusual anal fin in a Devonian jawless vertebrate reveals complex origins of paired appendages

(2013) R. S. Sansom et al.   Biology Letters

Chelicerate neural ground pattern in a Cambrian great appendage arthropod

(2013) Gengo Tanaka et al.   NATURE

Complex brain and optic lobes in an early Cambrian arthropod

(2012) Xiaoya Ma et al.   NATURE

Preservational modes in the Ediacaran Gaojiashan Lagerstätte: Pyritization, aluminosilicification, and carbonaceous compression

(2012) Yaoping Cai et al.   PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY

Evolutionary Origins of Animal Skeletal Biomineralization

(2011) Duncan J.E. Murdock et al.   CELLS TISSUES ORGANS

Molecular signature of chitin-protein complex in Paleozoic arthropods

(2011) G. D. Cody et al.   GEOLOGY

Non-random decay of chordate characters causes bias in fossil interpretation

(2010) Robert S. Sansom et al.   NATURE

Taphonomy and affinity of an enigmatic Silurian vertebrate, Jamoytius kerwoodi White

(2010) ROBERT S. SANSOM et al.   PALAEONTOLOGY

Decay of vertebrate characters in hagfish and lamprey (Cyclostomata) and the implications for the vertebrate fossil record

(2010) R. S. Sansom et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Distinguishing heat from light in debate over controversial fossils

(2009) Philip C. J. Donoghue et al.   BIOESSAYS

Beyond Beecher's Trilobite Bed: Widespread pyritization of soft tissues in the Late Ordovician Taconic foreland basin

(2009) Úna C. Farrell et al.   GEOLOGY

Rapid incorporation of lipids into macromolecules during experimental decay of invertebrates: Initiation of geopolymer formation

(2009) Neal S. Gupta et al.   ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY

Early Jawless Vertebrates and Cyclostome Origins

(2009) Philippe Janvier   ZOOLOGICAL SCIENCE

Ubiquitous Burgess Shale–style “clay templates” in low-grade metamorphic mudrocks

(2008) Alex Page et al.   GEOLOGY