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

The eyes of Tullimonstrum reveal a vertebrate affinity

(2016) Thomas Clements et al.   NATURE

Melanosomes and ancient coloration re-examined: A response to Vinther 2015 (DOI 10.1002/bies.201500018)

(2015) Mary H. Schweitzer et al.   BIOESSAYS

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

Chemical, experimental, and morphological evidence for diagenetically altered melanin in exceptionally preserved fossils

(2015) Caitlin Colleary et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Interpreting melanin-based coloration through deep time: a critical review

(2015) Johan Lindgren et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

The long-rostrumed elasmobranchBandringaZangerl, 1969, and taphonomy within a Carboniferous shark nursery

(2014) Lauren Cole Sallan et al.   JOURNAL OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY

Skin pigmentation provides evidence of convergent melanism in extinct marine reptiles

(2014) Johan Lindgren et al.   NATURE

Mineralized rods and cones suggest colour vision in a 300 Myr-old fossil fish

(2014) Gengo Tanaka et al.   Nature Communications

Melanosomes or Microbes: Testing an Alternative Hypothesis for the Origin of Microbodies in Fossil Feathers

(2014) Alison E. Moyer et al.   Scientific Reports

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

The taphonomy of colour in fossil insects and feathers

(2013) Maria E. McNamara   PALAEONTOLOGY

Atlas of vertebrate decay: a visual and taphonomic guide to fossil interpretation

(2013) Robert S. Sansom et al.   PALAEONTOLOGY

Quantitative Genetic Analysis of Retinal Degeneration in the Blind Cavefish Astyanax mexicanus

(2013) Kelly E. O'Quin et al.   PLoS One

Evolution of phototransduction, vertebrate photoreceptors and retina

(2013) Trevor D. Lamb   PROGRESS IN RETINAL AND EYE RESEARCH

Melanization of the alimentary tract in lizardfishes (Teleostei, Aulopiformes, Synodontidae)

(2012) Lev Fishelson et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL BIOLOGY OF FISHES

Molecular preservation of the pigment melanin in fossil melanosomes

(2012) Johan Lindgren et al.   Nature Communications

Identification of vertebra-like elements and their possible differentiation from sclerotomes in the hagfish

(2011) Kinya G. Ota et al.   Nature Communications

Preference for Vertical-striped Backgrounds by the Oyanirami Coreoperca kawamebari, a Freshwater Serranid

(2010) Yasutoshi Kohda et al.   ETHOLOGY

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

(2010) Robert S. Sansom et al.   NATURE

Fossilized melanosomes and the colour of Cretaceous dinosaurs and birds

(2010) Fucheng Zhang et al.   NATURE

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

(2010) ROBERT S. SANSOM et al.   PALAEONTOLOGY

microRNAs reveal the interrelationships of hagfish, lampreys, and gnathostomes and the nature of the ancestral vertebrate

(2010) A. M. Heimberg et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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

Fossil Evidence for Evolution of the Shape and Color of Penguin Feathers

(2010) J. A. Clarke et al.   SCIENCE

Visual conditions and habitat shape the coloration of the Eurasian perch (Perca fluviatilis L.): a trade-off between camouflage and communication?

(2009) JUKKA KEKÄLÄINEN et al.   BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

The colour of fossil feathers

(2008) J. Vinther et al.   Biology Letters