… Melanin is a ubiquitous biological pigment found in bacteria, … To date, evidence of melanin
in fossil organisms has relied … of eumelanin in two > 160 Ma Jurassic cephalopod ink sacs …

… We report the composition of the coleoid ink from the Posidonia Shale (Early Jurassic, ∼178–…
enhance the size of the pigment granules, but based on our current data has no impact on …

… study of fossil melanin, andextend the study of fossil colour to other pigments in fossil algae.
… presence of the red algal pigment phycoerythrin inthe Jurassic fossil Solenopora jurassica, …

… of the eumelanin from the ink sac of a Jurassic cephalopod (… as a biomarker for analyzing
archived pigmented tissue. However, we … Therefore, we conclude that most of the fossil pigment …

… In this study, the mass spectroscopy of oxidates demonstrated that about 10–15% of the
fossil ink from British Jurassic ink sacs was intact eumelanin, whilst the remainder had …

… Melanin is the most common pigment in vertebrates with two main forms, black melanin (eumelanin)
and rufous red melanin (pheomelanin). This pigment is known to preserve …

… verify the presence of melanin in the fossil record and characterize the ancient pigment. It also
… Analysis of the black pigmentation of two> 160 million year old (Mya) Jurassic cephalopod …

… Pigment economization may thus explain the colour pattern of … dynamics in the Jurassic are
different compared to today. … morphology of melanin granules change with age in humans […

… Our results show that multiple local taphonomic pathways incorporating both organic and
geochemical agents contributed to the retention of fibrils, eumelanin pigment and …

… The organic component comprising the melanosome, melanin, is … pigment. In present-day
vertebrates, melanosome morphology correlates with their pigment content in selected melanin…