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

Fossilized bacteria in a Cretaceous pterosaur headcrest

(2012) FELIPE L. PINHEIRO et al.   LETHAIA

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

On the identification of feather structures in stem-line representatives of birds: evidence from fossils and actuopalaeontology

(2011) Christian Foth   Palaeontologische Zeitschrift

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

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

Novel application of focused ion beam electron microscopy (FIB-EM) in preparation and analysis of microfossil ultrastructures: A new view of complexity in early Eukaryotic organisms

(2009) J. D Schiffbauer et al.   PALAIOS

The colour of fossil feathers

(2008) J. Vinther et al.   Biology Letters

An update on the honesty of melanin-based color signals in birds

(2008) Kevin J. McGraw   Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research