Nature Communications (May 2019)
Pheomelanin pigment remnants mapped in fossils of an extinct mammal
- Phillip L. Manning,
- Nicholas P. Edwards,
- Uwe Bergmann,
- Jennifer Anné,
- William I. Sellers,
- Arjen van Veelen,
- Dimosthenis Sokaras,
- Victoria M. Egerton,
- Roberto Alonso-Mori,
- Konstantin Ignatyev,
- Bart E. van Dongen,
- Kazumasa Wakamatsu,
- Shosuke Ito,
- Fabien Knoll,
- Roy A. Wogelius
Affiliations
- Phillip L. Manning
- University of Manchester, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Interdisciplinary Centre for Ancient Life
- Nicholas P. Edwards
- Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
- Uwe Bergmann
- Stanford PULSE Institute, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
- Jennifer Anné
- The Children’s Museum of Indianpolis
- William I. Sellers
- University of Manchester, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Interdisciplinary Centre for Ancient Life
- Arjen van Veelen
- University of Southampton, Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences
- Dimosthenis Sokaras
- Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
- Victoria M. Egerton
- University of Manchester, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Interdisciplinary Centre for Ancient Life
- Roberto Alonso-Mori
- Linac Coherent Light Source, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
- Konstantin Ignatyev
- Diamond Light Source
- Bart E. van Dongen
- University of Manchester, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Interdisciplinary Centre for Ancient Life
- Kazumasa Wakamatsu
- Department of Chemistry, Fujita Health University School of Health Sciences
- Shosuke Ito
- Department of Chemistry, Fujita Health University School of Health Sciences
- Fabien Knoll
- University of Manchester, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Interdisciplinary Centre for Ancient Life
- Roy A. Wogelius
- University of Manchester, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Williamson Research Centre for Molecular Environmental Science & Interdisciplinary Centre for Ancient Life
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-10087-2
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 10,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 13
Abstract
Chemical imaging and spectroscopy have previously been used to identify eumelanin residue in fossils and infer dark coloration. Here, Manning and colleagues develop an approach to identify pheomelanin (red pigment) residues and ascertain their distribution in fossils.
