Pigments, Organelles Persist in Jurassic Fossil Feathers

Pigments, Organelles Persist in Jurassic Fossil Feathers

Pigments, organelles persist in fossil feathers
Brown University, Press Release, August 27, 2015
http://esciencenews.com/articles/2015/08/27/pigments.organelles.persist.fossil.feathers
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2015-08/bu-pop082515.php
http://phys.org/news/2015-08-pigments-organelles-persist-fossil-feathers.html

Chemical Traces In Fossilized Dinosaur
Feathers Shed Light On Their True Color
By Andrea Alfano, Tech Times, August 28, 2015
http://www.techtimes.com/articles/80280/20150828/chemical-traces-fossilized-dinosaur-feathers-shed-light-true-color.htm

The Open Access paper is:

Lindgren, J., P. Sjövall, R. M. Carney, A. Cincotta,
P. Uvdal, S. W. Hutcheson, O. Gustafsson,
U. Lefèvre, F. Escuillié, J. Heimdal, A. Engdahl,
J. A. Gren, B. P. Kear, K. Wakamatsu, J. Yans,
and P. Godefroit, 2015, Molecular composition and
ultrastructure of Jurassic paravian feathers.
Scientific Reports 5, Article number: 13520 (2015)
doi:10.1038/srep13520,
Published online: 27 August 2015

http://www.nature.com/articles/srep13520

Yours,

Paul H.