Trace metals as biomarkers for eumelanin pigment in the fossil record

Science

Volumn 333, Issue 6049, 2011, Pages 1622-1626

  Wogelius, R A ^a   Manning, P L ^a,b   Barden, H E ^a   Edwards, N P ^a   Webb, S M ^c   Sellers, W I ^a   Taylor, K G ^d   Larson, P L ^a,e   Dodson, P ^b   You, H ^f   Da qing, L ^g   Bergmann, U ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

^d MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e Black Hills Institute of Geological Research Inc Hill City   (United States)

^f INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^g Gansu Geological Museum   (China)

^h SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER; EUMELANIN; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUND;

BIOMARKER; COLOR; FEATHER; FOSSIL RECORD; MELANIN; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUND; PIGMENT; TRACE METAL; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

ARTICLE; BIRD; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONFUCIUSORNIS SANCTUS; EXTANT SPECIES; FOSSIL ANIMAL; MELANOSOME; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNCHROTRON; X RAY ANALYSIS;

AVES; CONFUCIUSORNIS SANCTUS; THEROPODA;

EID: 80052942857     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1205748     Document Type: Article

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