The preservation of bone or bioapatite over geologic time has presented paleobiologists
with long-standing and formidable questions. Namely, to elucidate the mechanisms …

A combined investigation by X-ray fluorescence (XRF), Fourier Transform Infrared
spectroscopy (FT-IR), Raman spectroscopy and powder X-ray Diffraction (XRD) …

Wales were traditionally referred to “upland” environmental settings, and assigned an
overall time range of some 60 Myr; we reject both of these viewpoints. In terms of the …

In the most recent three decades, there has been an outpouring of research on the
preservation of cells and soft tissues within fossil bones. Cells and soft tissues that are …

We examined by Rietveld refinement of X-ray Diffraction patterns a series of 61 human and
animal fossil bones in an age range from present time to Middle Triassic (around 245Ma) …

Dinosaur bones from the Upper Jurassic Shishugou Formation near Qitai in the Junggar
Basin, NW China, show black manganese oxide and light quartz infillings in the bone pore …

Important vertebrate faunas occur in fissure deposits of Late Triassic–Jurassic age in SW
Britain. Although the faunas are well described, their age and palaeoenvironment remain …

Simple Summary Contrary to traditional views, fossil bones have been shown to
occasionally retain original cells, blood vessels, and structural tissues that are still …

Simple Summary Although many analytical techniques have shown that organic material
can be preserved in fossils for millions of years, the geochemical factors that allow this …

The black shales of the Middle Triassic Botneheia Formation in Svalbard are known for their
fossil richness with abundant ichthyosaur remains and beds of the bivalve Daonella …