Infrared mapping resolves soft tissue preservation in 50 million year-old reptile skin

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 278, Issue 1722, 2011, Pages 3209-3218

  Edwards, N P ^a   Barden, H E ^a   van Dongen, B E ^a   Manning, P L ^a,b   Larson, P L ^a,c   Bergmann, U ^d   Sellers, W I ^a   Wogelius, R A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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

^d SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amide; Green river; Keratin; Pyrolysis gas chromatography mass spectrometry; Synchrotron rapid scanning x ray fluorescence; Taphonomy

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; EOCENE; FOSSIL RECORD; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRESERVATION; REPTILE; SILICATE; SKIN; TAPHONOMY; TRACE METAL; X-RAY DIFFRACTION; X-RAY FLUORESCENCE;

REPTILIA;

EID: 80053205352     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2011.0135     Document Type: Article

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