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

A guide to the field of palaeo colour

(2015) Jakob Vinther   BIOESSAYS

Fossil preservation through phosphatization and silicification in the Ediacaran Doushantuo Formation (South China): a comparative synthesis

(2015) A.D. Muscente et al.   PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY

Pheomelanin in fish?

(2015) Verena A. Kottler et al.   Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research

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

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

Revealing the planar chemistry of two-dimensional heterostructures at the atomic level

(2015) Harry Chou et al.   Nature Communications

Ancient biomolecules: Their origins, fossilization, and role in revealing the history of life

(2014) Derek E. G. Briggs et al.   BIOESSAYS

The shell-eyes of the chitonAcanthopleura granulata(Mollusca, Polyplacophora) use pheomelanin as a screening pigment

(2014) Daniel I. Speiser et al.   JOURNAL OF NATURAL HISTORY

Skin pigmentation provides evidence of convergent melanism in extinct marine reptiles

(2014) Johan Lindgren et al.   NATURE

Melanosome evolution indicates a key physiological shift within feathered dinosaurs

(2014) Quanguo Li et al.   NATURE

Characterization of the sedimentary organic matter preserved in Messel oil shale by bulk geochemistry and stable isotopes

(2014) Thorsten Bauersachs et al.   PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY

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

(2014) Gengo Tanaka et al.   Nature Communications

Elucidation of the chemical composition of avian melanin

(2014) Suet Yi Liu et al.   RSC Advances

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

Control of Interface Order by Inverse Quasi-Epitaxial Growth of Squaraine/Fullerene Thin Film Photovoltaics

(2013) Jeramy D. Zimmerman et al.   ACS Nano

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

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

Reptiles Produce Pheomelanin: Evidence in the Eastern Hermann's Tortoise (Eurotestudo boettgeri)

(2013) Alexandre Roulin et al.   JOURNAL OF HERPETOLOGY

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

(2013) Keely Glass et al.   ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY

Exceptional three-dimensional preservation and coloration of an originally iridescent fossil feather from the Middle Eocene Messel Oil Shale

(2013) Natasha S. Vitek et al.   Palaeontologische Zeitschrift

Melanin Concentration Gradients in Modern and Fossil Feathers

(2013) Daniel J. Field et al.   PLoS One

Hemoglobin-derived porphyrins preserved in a Middle Eocene blood-engorged mosquito

(2013) D. E. Greenwalt et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Spectral characterization of ten cyclic lipids using time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry

(2013) Tim Leefmann et al.   RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY

Has removal of excess cysteine led to the evolution of pheomelanin?

(2012) Ismael Galván et al.   BIOESSAYS

Pheomelanin in the skin of Hymenochirus boettgeri (Amphibia: Anura: Pipidae)

(2012) Agnieszka Wolnicka-Glubisz et al.   EXPERIMENTAL DERMATOLOGY

Understanding the Interface Dipole of Copper Phthalocyanine (CuPc)/C60: Theory and Experiment

(2012) Na Sai et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

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

Reconstruction ofMicroraptorand the Evolution of Iridescent Plumage

(2012) Quanguo Li et al.   SCIENCE

Molecular preservation of the pigment melanin in fossil melanosomes

(2012) Johan Lindgren et al.   Nature Communications

New evidence on the colour and nature of the isolated Archaeopteryx feather

(2012) Ryan M. Carney et al.   Nature Communications

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

(2010) J. A. Clarke et al.   SCIENCE

Plumage Color Patterns of an Extinct Dinosaur

(2010) Q. Li et al.   SCIENCE

Structural coloration in a fossil feather

(2009) J. Vinther et al.   Biology Letters

The colour of fossil feathers

(2008) J. Vinther et al.   Biology Letters

Detection of organic biomarkers in crude oils using ToF-SIMS

(2008) Sandra Siljeström et al.   ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY