High-fidelity organic preservation of bone marrow in ca. 10 Ma amphibians

Geology

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 641-644

  McNamara, Maria E ^a   Orr, Patrick J ^a   Kearns, Stuart L ^b   Alcalá, Luis ^c   Anadón, Pere ^d   Peñalver Mollá, Enrique ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c Avenida Sagunto   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES JAUME ALMERA   (Spain)

^e DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone marrow; Frogs; Miocene; Organic preservation; Spain; Taphonomy

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIANS; BONE MARROW; CRYPTIC PRESERVATION; DECAY-PRONE TISSUE; ORGANIC PRESERVATION; TAPHONOMY;

BACTERIA; BONE; DECAY (ORGANIC); INFILTRATION; THIN FILMS;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS PRESERVATION;

AMPHIBIAN; BONE; FROG; MIOCENE; TAPHONOMY;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; SALAMANDROIDEA;

EID: 33747340744     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G22526.1     Document Type: Article

References (35)

1. Anadón, P., Rosell, L., and Talbot, M.R., 1992, Carbonate replacement of lacustrine gypsum deposits in two Neogene continental basins: Sedimentary Geology, v. 78, p. 201-216, doi: 10.1016/ 0037-0738(92)90020-R.
2. Baron, R., 2002, Anatomy and ultrastructure of bone-histogenesis, growth and remodeling, in Arnold, A., ed., Diseases of bone and calcium metabolism: http://www.endotext.org (February 2005).
3. Briggs, D.E.G., 2003, The role of decay and mineralisation in the preservation of soft-bodied fossils: Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences, v. 31, p. 275-301, doi: 10.1146/ annurev.earth.31.100901.144746.
4. Campbell, F.R., 1970, Ultrastructure of the bone marrow of the frog: American Journal of Anatomy, v. 129, p. 329-356, doi: 10.1002/ aja.1001290306.
5. Custer, R.P., 1974, An atlas of the blood and bone marrow: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, WB Saunders Company, 562 p.
6. de las Heras, F.X.C., Anadón, P., and Cabrera, L., 2003, Biomarker record variations in lacustrine coals and oil shales: Contribution from Tertiary basins in NE Spain, in Valero Garcés, B. L., ed., Limnogeology in Spain: A tribute to Kerry Kelts: Madrid, Spain, Spanish Research Council [Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)], p.187-228.
7. Gosner, K.L., 1960, A simplified table for staging anuran embryos and larvae with notes on identification: Herpetologica, v. 16, p. 183-190.
8. Gupta, N.S., and Pancost, R.D., 2005, Biomolecular and physical taphonomy of angiosperm leaf during early decay: Implications for fossilization: Palaios, v. 19, p. 428-440.
9. Higby Schweitzer, M., and Horner, J.R., 1999, Intravascular microstructures in trabecular bone tissues of Tyrannosaurus rex: Annales de Paléontologie, v. 85, p. 179-192, doi: 10.1016/ S0753-3969(99)80013-5.
10. Hunter, E.E., 1993, Practical electron microscopy: A beginner's illustrated guide (second edition): Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 185 p.
11. Kok, M.D., Schouten, S., and Sinninghe Damsté, J.S., 2000, Formation of insoluble, nonhydrolyzable, sulfur-rich macromolecules via incorpotation of inorganic sulfur species into algal carbohydrates: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, v. 64, p. 2689-2699, doi: 10.1016/ S0016-7037(00)00382-3.
12. Lee, M., Christopherson, I.P., Lehman, J.M., Bennett, C.J., and Cheung, H.T., 1999, Comparison of bone marrow extracellular matrices: Biochimica et Biophysica Acta, v. 1428, p. 300-304.
13. Martill, D.M., 1988, Preservation of fishes in the Cretaceous Santana Formation of Brazil: Palaeontology, v. 31, p. 1-19.
14. Martill, D.M., and Unwin, D.M., 1997, Small spheres in fossil bones: Blood corpuscles or diagenetic products?: Palaeontology, v. 40, p. 619-624.
15. Matias, V.R.F., Al-Almoudi, A., Dubochet, J., and Beveridge, T.J., 2003, Cryo-transmission electron microscopy of frozen-hydrated sections of Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa: Journal of Bacteriology, v. 185, p. 6112-6118, doi: 10.1128/JB.185.20.6112-6118.2003.
16. Navás, L., 1922, Algunos fósiles de Libros (Teruel): Boletin del Sociedad Ibérica de Ciencias Naturales, v. 21, p. 52-61.
17. Ortí, F., Rosell, L., and Anadón, P., 2003, Deep to shallow lacustrine evaporites in the Libros Gypsum (southern Teruel Basin, Miocene, NE Spain): An occurrence of pelletal gypsum rhythmites: Sedimentology, v. 50, p. 361-386, doi: 10.1046/j.1365-3091.2003.00558.x.
18. Oursler, M.J., Li, L., and Osdoby, P., 1991, Purification and characterization of an osteoclast membrane glycoprotein with homology to manganese superoxide dismutase: Journal of Cellular Biochemistry, v. 46, p. 219-233, doi: 10.1002/jcb.240460305.
19. Riboulleau, A., Mongenot, T., Baudin, F., Derenne, S., and Largeau, C., 2002, Factors controlling the survival of proteinaceous material in Late Tithonian kerogens (Kashpir Oil Shales, Russia): Organic Geochemistry, v. 33, p. 1127-1130, doi: 10.1016/S0146-6380(02)00081-5.
20. Riggs, A.F., Sullivan, B., and Agee, J.R., 1964, Polymerization of frog and turtle hemoglobins: National Academy of Sciences Proceedings, v. 51, p. 1127-1134.
21. Sano-Martins, I.S., Dabrowski, Z., Tabarowski, Z., Witkowska-Pelc, E., Spadacci Morena, D.D., and Spodaryk, K., 2002, Haematopoiesis and a new mechanism for the release of mature blood cells from the bone marrow into the circulation in snakes (Ophidia): Cell and Tissue Research, v. 310, p. 67-75, doi: 10.1007/s00441-002-0557-4.
22. Schweitzer, M.H., Wittmeyer, J.L., and Horner, J.R., 2005a, Soft-tissue vessels and cellular preservation in Tyrannosaurus rex: Science, v. 307, p. 1952-1955, doi: 10.1126/science.1108397.
23. Schweitzer, M.H., Wittmeyer, J.L., Horner, J.R., and Toporski, J.K.W., 2005b, Gender-specific reproductive tissue in ratites and Tyrannosaurus rex: Science, v. 308, p. 1456-1460, doi: 10.1126/science.1112158.
24. Sinninghe Damsté, J.S., Kohnen, M.E.L., and Horsfield, B., 1998, Origin of low-molecular-weight alkylthiophenes in pyrolysates of sulphur-rich kerogens as revealed by micro-scale sealed vessel pyrolysis: Organic Geochemistry, v. 29, p. 1891-1903, doi: 10.1016/ S0146-6380(98)00166-1.
25. Stankiewicz, B.A., Briggs, D.E.G., Michels, R., Collinson, M.E., Flannery, M.B., and Evershed, R.P., 2000, Alternative origin of aliphatic polymer in kerogen: Geology, v. 28, p. 559-562, doi: 10.1130/ 0091-7613(2000)028<0559:AOOAPI>2.3.CO;2.
26. 2: Sedimentation analysis and oxygen equilibria: Journal of Biological Chemistry, v. 268, p. 26972.
27. Thomas, C.D.L., Feik, S.A., and Clement, J.G., 2005, Regional variation of intracortical porosity in the midshaft of the human femur: Age and sex differences: Journal of Anatomy, v. 206, p. 115-125, doi: 10.1111/ j.1469-7580.2005.00384.x.
28. Toporski, J.K.W., Steele, A., Westall, F., Avci, R., Martill, D.M., and McKay, D.S., 2002, Morphologic and spectral investigation of exceptionally well-preserved bacterial biofilms from the Oligocene Enspel Formation, Germany: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, v. 66, p. 1773-1791, doi: 10.1016/S0016-7037(01)00870-5.
29. Väänänen, H.K., and Horton, M., 1995, The osteoclast clear zone is a specialized cell-extracellular matrix adhesion structure: Journal of Cell Science, v. 106, p. 2729-2732.
30. Voigt, E., 1939, Red blood corpuscles found in a lizard from the middle Eocene lignite of the Geiseltal near Halle: Research and Progress, v. 5, p. 53-56.
31. Wakeham, S.G., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S., Kohnen, M.E.L., and de Leeuw, J.W., 1995, Organic sulphur compounds formed during early diagenesis in Black Sea sediments: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, v. 59, p. 521-533, doi: 10.1016/0016-7037(94)00361-O.
32. Westall, F., Boni, L., and Guerzoni, E., 1995, The experimental silicification of microorganisms: Palaeontology, v. 38, p. 495-528.
33. Wuttke, M., 1992, Conservation-dissolution-transformation, On the behaviour of biogenic materials during fossilization, in Schaal, S., and Ziegler, W., eds., Messel - An insight into the history of life and of the Earth: Oxford, Clarendon, p. 265-275.
34. Yang, H., Huang, Y., Leng, Q., LePage, B.A., and Williams, C.J., 2005, Biomolecular preservation of Tertiary Metasequoia fossil Lagerstätten revealed by comparative pyrolysis analysis: Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, v. 134, p. 237-256, doi: 10.1016/ j.revpalbo.2004.12.008.
35. Zhou, Z., Barrett, P.M., and Hilton, J., 2003, An exceptionally preserved Lower Cretaceous ecosystem: Nature, v. 421, p. 807-814, doi: 10.1038/nature01420.