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

Fossils and the Evolution of the Arthropod Brain

(2016) Nicholas J. Strausfeld et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Decaying in different clays: implications for soft-tissue preservation

(2016) Elena Naimark et al.   PALAEONTOLOGY

Fossilization of melanosomes via sulfurization

(2016) Maria E. McNamara et al.   PALAEONTOLOGY

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

(2016) Robert S. Sansom   Scientific Reports

The role of experiments in investigating the taphonomy of exceptional preservation

(2015) Derek E. G. Briggs et al.   PALAEONTOLOGY

SEDIMENT PERMEABILITY AND THE PRESERVATION OF SOFT-TISSUES IN CONCRETIONS: AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY

(2015) VICTORIA E. MCCOY et al.   PALAIOS

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

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

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

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

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

Contingent interactions among biofilm-forming bacteria determine preservation or decay in the first steps toward fossilization of marine embryos

(2013) Elizabeth C. Raff et al.   EVOLUTION & DEVELOPMENT

Complex brain and optic lobes in an early Cambrian arthropod

(2012) Xiaoya Ma et al.   NATURE

Distinguishing geology from biology in the Ediacaran Doushantuo biota relaxes constraints on the timing of the origin of bilaterians

(2012) J. A. Cunningham et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Deciphering taphonomic processes in the Eocene Green River Formation of Wyoming

(2012) Jo Hellawell et al.   Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments

Experimental taphonomy of giant sulphur bacteria: implications for the interpretation of the embryo-like Ediacaran Doushantuo fossils

(2011) J. A. Cunningham et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

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

(2010) Robert S. Sansom et al.   NATURE

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

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

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

SOFT-TISSUE PRESERVATION IN MIOCENE FROGS FROM LIBROS, SPAIN: INSIGHTS INTO THE GENESIS OF DECAY MICROENVIRONMENTS

(2009) M. E. MCNAMARA et al.   PALAIOS

Embryo fossilization is a biological process mediated by microbial biofilms

(2008) E. C. Raff et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA