Pheomelanin pigment remnants mapped in fossils of an extinct mammal

Acid hydrolysis reveals a low but constant level of pheomelanin in human black to brown hair

(2017) Shosuke Ito et al.   Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research

Molecular and microstructural inventory of an isolated fossil bird feather from the Eocene Fur Formation of Denmark

(2016) Johan A. Gren et al.   PALAEONTOLOGY

Elemental characterisation of melanin in feathers via synchrotron X-ray imaging and absorption spectroscopy

(2016) Nicholas P. Edwards et al.   Scientific Reports

Bioturbating animals control the mobility of redox-sensitive trace elements in organic-rich mudstone

(2015) Dario Harazim et al.   GEOLOGY

The mapping and differentiation of biological and environmental elemental signatures in the fossil remains of a 50 million year old bird

(2015) Victoria M. Egerton et al.   JOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL ATOMIC SPECTROMETRY

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

Geochemical Evidence of the Seasonality, Affinity and Pigmenation of Solenopora jurassica

(2015) Holly E. Barden et al.   PLoS One

Synchrotron imaging reveals bone healing and remodelling strategies in extinct and extant vertebrates

(2014) J. Anne et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Leaf metallome preserved over 50 million years

(2014) N. P. Edwards et al.   Metallomics

Pigments through time

(2014) Nicholas P. Edwards et al.   Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research

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

Synchrotron-based chemical imaging reveals plumage patterns in a 150 million year old early bird

(2013) Phillip. L. Manning et al.   JOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL ATOMIC SPECTROMETRY

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

Chemical Mapping of Paleontological and Archeological Artifacts with Synchrotron X-Rays

(2012) Uwe Bergmann et al.   Annual Review of Analytical Chemistry

Mapping prehistoric ghosts in the synchrotron

(2012) N. P. Edwards et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS A-MATERIALS SCIENCE & PROCESSING

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

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

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

Usefulness of alkaline hydrogen peroxide oxidation to analyze eumelanin and pheomelanin in various tissue samples: application to chemical analysis of human hair melanins

(2011) Shosuke Ito et al.   Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research

Morphological and Geochemical Evidence of Eumelanin Preservation in the Feathers of the Early Cretaceous Bird, Gansus yumenensis

(2011) Holly E. Barden et al.   PLoS One

Infrared mapping resolves soft tissue preservation in 50 million year-old reptile skin

(2011) N. P. Edwards et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

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

Archaeopteryx feathers and bone chemistry fully revealed via synchrotron imaging

(2010) U. Bergmann et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Plumage Color Patterns of an Extinct Dinosaur

(2010) Q. Li et al.   SCIENCE

Mineralized soft-tissue structure and chemistry in a mummified hadrosaur from the Hell Creek Formation, North Dakota (USA)

(2009) P. L. Manning et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES