Pheomelanin pigment remnants mapped in fossils of an extinct mammal

Pheomelanin pigment remnants mapped in fossils of an extinct mammal

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.

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Main Authors: 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
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Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2019
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/3267cad131ee4c8eb9a4ebcffb63e166
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