Colour, derived primarily from melanin and/or carotenoid pigments, is integral to many
aspects of behaviour in living vertebrates, including social signalling, sexual display and …

Round to elongate microbodies associated with fossil vertebrate soft tissues were
interpreted as microbial traces until 2008, when they were re‐described as remnant …

Recent discoveries of nonintegumentary melanosomes in extant and fossil amphibians offer
potential insights into the physiological functions of melanin not directly related to color …

Abstract The holotype (MHM-K2) of the Eocene cheloniine Tasbacka danica is arguably one
of the best preserved juvenile fossil sea turtles on record. Notwithstanding compactional …

Feathers are amongst the most complex epidermal structures known and they have a well-
documented evolutionary trajectory across non-avian dinosaurs and basal birds. Moreover …

Recent progress has been made in paleontology with respect to resolving pigmentation in
fossil material. Morphological identification of fossilized melanosomes has been one …

Melanosomes (melanin-bearing organelles) are common in the fossil record occurring as
dense packs of globular microbodies. The organic component comprising the melanosome …

An isolated, yet virtually intact contour feather (FUM‐1980) from the lower Eocene Fur
Formation of Denmark was analysed using multiple imaging and molecular techniques …

Dados a respeito da frequência de achados de tecidos moles não mineralizados ainda são
escassos e os que já foram sistematizados estão dispersos na literatura, associando a ideia …

We hypothesize that predictable variation in environmental conditions caused by day/night
cycles create opportunities and hazards, initiating information dynamics central to life's …