Preserved melanin pigments have been discovered in fossilised integumentary appendages
of several amniote lineages (fishes, frogs, snakes, marine reptiles, non‐avialan dinosaurs …

Recent studies have shown evidence for the preservation of colour in fossilized soft tissues
by imaging melanosomes, melanin pigment containing organelles. This study combines …

Melanin and other pigments are now well known to be important in exceptional preservation
of soft tissues in vertebrates and other animals. Because pigments confer coloration and …

In living organisms, color patterns, behavior, and ecology are closely linked. Thus, detection
of fossil pigments may permit inferences about important aspects of ancient animal ecology …

Colour, derived primarily from melanin and/or carotenoid pigments, is integral to many
aspects of behaviour in living vertebrates, including social signalling, sexual display and …

Melanosomes (melanin-bearing organelles) are common in the fossil record occurring as
dense packs of globular microbodies. The organic component comprising the melanosome …

Paleo-colour scientists have recently made the transition from describing melanin-based
colouration in fossil specimens to inferring life-history traits of the species involved. Two …

Recent discoveries of nonintegumentary melanosomes in extant and fossil amphibians offer
potential insights into the physiological functions of melanin not directly related to color …

Fossil feathers, hairs and eyes are regularly preserved as carbonized traces comprised of
masses of micrometre-sized bodies that are spherical, oblate or elongate in shape. For a …

Melanin, and other pigments have recently been shown to preserve over geologic time
scales, and are found in several different organisms. This opens up the possibility of …